Of the imitation of Christ, three, both for wisedome, and godlines, most excellent bookes; made 170. yeeres since by one Thomas of Kempis, and for the worthines thereof oft since translated out of Latine into sundrie languages by diuers godlie and learned men: now newlie corrected, translated, and with most ample textes, and sentences of holie Scripture illustrated by Thomas Rogers
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Of the imitation of Christ, three, both for wisedome, and godlines, most excellent bookes; made 170. yeeres since by one Thomas of Kempis, and for the worthines thereof oft since translated out of Latine into sundrie languages by diuers godlie and learned men: now newlie corrected, translated, and with most ample textes, and sentences of holie Scripture illustrated by Thomas Rogers
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Imprinted at London :: By Henrie Denham, dwelling in Pater noster Row, at the signe of the Starre,
[1580]
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Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Of the imitation of Christ, three, both for wisedome, and godlines, most excellent bookes; made 170. yeeres since by one Thomas of Kempis, and for the worthines thereof oft since translated out of Latine into sundrie languages by diuers godlie and learned men: now newlie corrected, translated, and with most ample textes, and sentences of holie Scripture illustrated by Thomas Rogers." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13680.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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Chapter. 1. Of the spiritual communication betweene Christ, and the faithful soule.
I Wil ha••kē what the Lord within me wil saie a 1.1. Blessed is y• soule, which hea∣reth the Lord spea∣king within her, and from his mouth receaueth the word of comfort.
Blessed are the eares, which can heare when God whispereth, and do naught regard the noise of y• world b 1.2. Yea blessed are the eares, which listen not to the outward sound, but to the truth speaking to the hart c 1.3.
Blessed are the eies which are close from seeing outward, but open to behold inward things.
Blessed are they who pierce vnto spiritual things, and prepare them∣selues more and more by dailie me∣ditations d 1.4 to come vnto the know∣ledge
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of Gods heauenlie mysteries.
Blessed are they who reioice in ser∣uing God, & cast of al those things as maie withdraw them frō so dooing e 1.5.
O my soule, consider these things, & banish frō thy mind carnal affecti∣ons f 1.6, so shalt thou vnderstand what thy Lord God wil saie within thee g 1.7.
Thus saith thy freende: I am thy Saluation h 1.8, thy peace i 1.9, and thy life k 1.10; sticke vnto me, and thou shalt find quietnes l 1.11. Leaue al worldlie things m 1.12, and seeke after heauenlie n 1.13. For what are al things in this world, but vaine o 1.14; or what good can they doo, if God forsake thee p 1.15?
Wherefore, al things renounced, seeke vnfeinedlie to please God q 1.16, that thou maist attaine vnto the true felicitie r 1.17.