The Christian's pattern; or, A treatise on the imitation of Jesus Christ, by Thomas à Kempis. [39 chapters from the tr. of G. Stanhope].1847 |
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Página 2 - the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing ;" neither the mind with any degree of knowledge which can be conveyed into it.
Página 31 - God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Página 110 - Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid : and though there rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him.
Página 82 - It is a faithful saying, if we are dead with him, we shall also live with him ; if we suffer with him, we shall also reign with him...
Página 73 - Christian temper degenerate into the Pharisaical. ' Might I be allowed to choose my own lot, I should think it much more eligible to want my spiritual comforts, than to abound in these, at the expense of my humility. No; let a penitent and contrite spirit be always my portion; and may I ever so be the favourite of Heaven, as never to forget that I am chief of sinners. Knowledge in the sublime and glorious mysteries of the Christian faith, and ravishing contemplations of God and a future state, are...
Página 80 - When ye have done all that is commanded you, say, "We are unprofitable servants.
Página 80 - If any man will be my disciple, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Página 39 - The Kingdom of God is within you," saith the Lord. Turn thee with thy whole heart unto the Lord, and forsake this wretched world, and thy soul shall find rest. Learn to despise outward things, and to give thyself to things inward, and thou shalt perceive the Kingdom of God to come in thee. "For the Kingdom of God is peace and joy in the Holy Ghost," which is not given to the unholy.
Página 19 - ... revived, and found its appropriate nourishment amid the distresses of the country. Out of the disappointment of those fond hopes, which the people had indulged on the accession of the whig party to power, that spirit arose which affected to despise the whole race of statesmen ; which proclaimed that the axe must be laid to the root of the tree, and that without some radical change, the nature of which no one could explain, the nation was undone.
Página 46 - ... the eye, so the judgment men make of all outward objects depends upon the condition of the mind. And we argue and pronounce of them differently, as we happen to be differently affected beforehand. If there be such a thing as true pleasure in this world, the pure in heart enjoy it.