The Imitation of Christ |
Common terms and phrases
advantage affections afflictions attain better blessed CHAPTER Christ Christian comfort command conscience consider creature delight desires despise Deventer devotion diligence DISCIPLE disposed divine Divine Comedy divine grace duty esteem eternal exalted excellence faith favour flesh Gerhard Groot give glorious glory God's grace and favour happiness hath heart heaven heavenly HENRY MORLEY holy honour hope humble humility inclinations infirmities ISAAC D'ISRAELI Jesus kingdom of heaven labour live Lord mighty mind misery nature never ourselves pains passions patience peace perfect person piety pleasure praise prayers reason receive render reproach Sacrament salvation satisfaction sense sensible servant sincere sins sloth sorrow spirit suffer sweet temper temptations Thee Thine things Thomas à Kempis Thou art thou canst thou hast thou mayest thou shalt thoughts Thy grace Thy majesty Thy mercy thy soul thyself tion trouble true truth unto vanity virtue Windesheim wisdom wise worldly wretched zeal
Popular passages
Page 125 - He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 45 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.
Page 194 - O that I had wings like a dove ! For then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo ! then would I wander far off, And remain in the wilderness. I would hasten my escape From the windy storm and tempest.
Page 33 - 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
Page 48 - Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching : verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Page 251 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 115 - Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 11 - All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 123 - Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law...
Page 259 - Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.