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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"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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On me should thy loue be groun∣ded, and for my sake ought euerie good man to be loued c 1.3, and the more deerelie.
Without me freendship cannot last: neither is it true, and pure loue, which I cople not together.
So mortified shouldest thou be from these affections, that, as tou∣ching thy selfe, thou shouldest seeme to be without al comfort d 1.4.
So much the nigher is man to God, as he is farder from the com∣fort of this world: and so much the more highlie doth he ascend vp to God, as the more deepelie he des∣cendeth into, and despiseth himself e 1.5.
But he, who arrogates anie good thing to himselfe, letteth the fauor of God from dwelling within him. For the holie spirit doth alwaies seeke a meeke, and humble minde f 1.6.
Couldest thou once bring thy selfe vnto nothing, & renounce the loue of this world g 1.7, surelie I would come, and powre vpon thee most singular benefits. But while thou lookest vp∣on creatures, thou loasest the sight of the Creator h 1.8.
Learne in al things to maister thy selfe for thy Makers sake: so shalt
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thou attaine vnto the knowledge •• God.
Euen the vilest thing loued, an•• looked vpon vndiscreetlie i 1.9, doth de¦file a man, and hinder him from hap¦pines.
Notes
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a 1.1
Ioh. 14, 27 Iohn 16, 33. Psal. 118, 8. 9 Psal 146, 3. 4
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b 1.2
Psa. 117, 2.
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c 1.3
1. Pet. 3, 8. 9. 1. Pet. 4, 8. 1. Thess. 3, 12 1. Ioh. 3, 17. 18, &c.
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d 1.4
Matth. 10, verse. 37. 1. Cor. 7, 31.
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e 1.5
Phili. 2, 5. 6. 7, &c. Iames. 4, 6. 7, &c. 1. Pet. 5, 6.
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f 1.6
Psa. 5••, 17. Esai. 66, 2.
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g 1.7
1. Ioh. 2, ••5 Ioh. 12, 25.
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h 1.8
Iam. 4, 4.
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i 1.9
Matth. 10, verse. 37. Matth. 22, 1. 2, &c