The Christian's Pattern ; Or, a Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ: In Four Books. Written Originally in Latin by Thomas À Kempis. Now Render'd Into English. To which are Added, Meditations and Prayers, for Sick Persons. By George Stanhope ... The Fifth Edition

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The Advantage of Afflictions
23
Of Refifting Temptations
24
Against Rafh Judging
29
Of Works of Charity
30
Of Bearing with other Mens Faults 17 A Reclufe Life
35
Of the Examples of Holy Men in former Ages
36
The Exercife of a truly Religious Perfon
39
Love of Solitude and Silence
44
Of Compunction of Heart
48
The Miferable Condition of Man confidered
52
Meditations concerning Death
57
Of the Laft Judgment and the Eternal Puniſhment of Ungodly
62
Of Zeal in the Reformation of our Lives
68
The Second Book Chap Page I THE Life of the Spiritual Man
77
The Advantage of Humility
83
The Peacemaker
84
Purity and Sincerity
87
Know thy Self
88
The Joy of a good Confcience
90
Of Loving Jefus above all things
94
of intimate Converfation and Friendship with Jefus
96
The Difconfolate State
99
Thankfulness for Gods Mercies
104
Of Loving Chrift in Affliction
107
The Reasonableness of taking up our Croſs
110
The Third Book Digeſted into Conferences between CHRIST and the Soul of his Difciple Chap Page THE Happiness of fuch a Converfation
121
God is in the fmall till Voice
123
Of the General Difregard to Gods Word and the Obedience due to it
125
A Prayer for Heavenly Inftruction and Devotion
128
Walk humbly with thy God and worship Him in Truth
129
Grace must be received without Oftentation
140
Of Acknowledging our Unworthiness before God
143
Of doing All to the Glory of God
145
Gods Service is perfect Freedom
147
Of Regulating our Defires
150
The Neceffity and Reasonablenefs of Patience
153
Obedience to Superiors enforced by Chrifts Example
156
Gods Judgments are to be confidered for our Humiliation
158
With what Referves we ought to Pray
160
A Prayer for Grace to do the Will of God
162
God is our only Comfort in Trouble
163
of cafting our Care upon God
165
Chrift our Pattern of Patience in Afflictions
167
Of bearing Injuries and how we may judge of true Patience
169
The Infirmities and Miſeries of our prefent State
172
SelfLove the greatest Obftruction to Virtue and Happiness
192
A Prayer for Purity of Heart and Heavenly Wifdom
194
How a Chriftian ought to behave himself when Men Speak Evil of him
195
How God ought to be addressd to in time of Adversity
197
How the Divine Affiftance should be fought and depended upon
198
Of feeking God alone
203
Of SelfDenial
207
The Changeableness of our Temper and how to fix it
209
The Happinefs of them who love God
211
This Life a State of continual Temptation
213
Of Defpifing the vain Cenfures of Men
215
happy
218
How to govern Ones felf in the Affairs of the World
220
Against too great Eagerness in Business 241
221
In Man dwelleth no good thing
223
Of defpifing Worldly Honour
225
Happiness is not to be had by the Favour or Friendship of Men
226
Against Vain and Pompous Learning
227
Of Meddling with the World as little as may be
230
Against a fond and eafie Credulity
231
Of trusting in God when Men speak Ill of us
234
Nothing too much to fuffer for Eternal Life
237
3 The Joys of Eternity and Miſeries of this prefent Life
240
manfully
244
An Act of Refignation to God in time of Adverfity
248
difpofed for greater
252
A Man fhould think Correction not Comfort his due
253
The Grace of God dwells not with worldlyminded Men
256
The different Motions of Nature and Grace
258
o The Weakness of Corrupt Nature and Efficacy of Divine Grace
262
SelfDenial enforced from Chrifts Example
265
Against
267
Against Prying into Things too high for us and pretending to Fathom
270
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279
The Love of God to the Soul manifefted in this Sacrament
288
The Pleasures of Devout Communion
295
An Act of Preparation before the Sacrament
303
An Act of SelfRefignation
309
The Benefit of Chrifts Body and Word
317
The Souls Defire of Union with Chrift
325
A Prayer for Relief in our Wants and Spiritual Diftreffes
331
MEDITATIONS and PRAYERS
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11 ページ - Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence, shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure, but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
11 ページ - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him : For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
11 ページ - For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
282 ページ - Sinner dare to appear before thee ? Or how canft Thou, who art of purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity, endure to make fuch condefcending Approaches, to a Soul...
103 ページ - No, let a penitent and contrite spirit always be 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 most desirable advantages; but still I prefer charity which edifieth, before the highest intellectual perfections of that knowledge which puffeth up.
282 ページ - Phyfician of Souls; hungry and thirfty to this Fountain of Living Water, and Bread of Life ; poor and needy to the Bountiful King of Heaven ; a Servant to his kind Mafter ; a...
35 ページ - O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor.
16 ページ - I shall fear to die in ; but that whether I live, I may live unto the Lord ; or whether I die, I may die unto the Lord ; so that living and dying I may be thine, through Jesus Christ.
175 ページ - Unworthinefs, the better they qualifie themfelves for frefh and greater Demonftrations of thy Love and Liberality. Again, the Man to whom thou haft diftributed more fparingly, muft not repine and be difcouraged, nor fret and grudge the larger Portion of his wealthier Neighbour ; but keep his Eyes and Mind wholly intent upon thee, and admire the Freedom of thy Grace, which, as it cannot be obliged to any, fo gives to all largely, and without partial Refped of Perfons.

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