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

D. Brown, 1702 - 12 sivua

CONTENTS Chap I O 2 The Firl Bowk F the Contempt of the Vanities of the World	1

Of Modefty The Doctrine of Truth	5

Prudence in our Behaviour s Of reading the holy Scriptures	9

Of Inordinate Affections	11

3	12

7 Directions for avoiding Prideand vainConfidencesib 8 Againft too general an Acquaintanceand inconvenient Freedoms in Gonverfation	13

Obedience and a State of Subjection	14

Few Words are beft 13 14	15

Of placing all our Hope and Happiness in God	149

A Prayer against Evil Thoughts	150

Against a bufie inquifitive Temper	151

Of lafting Peace and true Goodness Jise 30 True Freedom of Mind 1154	154

Selflove the greatest Obftruction to Virtue and Hap piness	156

A Prayer for Purity of Heart and Heavenly Wif dom 15 7	157

How a Chriftian ought to behave himſelf when Men Speak Evil of him	158

How God ought to be addreſſed to in Time of Ad iversity	159

Of Peace of Mind and a Defire of Improvement	16

The Advantage of Afflictions	18

Of Refifting Temptations	20

Against Rafb Judgment 2	23

Of Works of Charity	24

Of Bearing with other Mens Faults	26

A Reclufe Life	28

Of the Examples of Holy Men in former Ages	29

The Exercife of a truly Religious Perjon	32

Love of Solitude and Silence	36

Compunction of Heart	40

The Miferable Condition of Man confidered	43

Meditations concerning 1	47

Page	64

Si Know thy felf	73

18	77

81Of intimate Converfation andFriendship with Jefus79	79

Jo Thankfulness for Gods Mercier	86

The Third Bok	93

Digefted into Conferences between CHRIST	99

20	100

A Prayer for Heavenly Inftruction and Devotion	105

The Tryal of true Love	111

Of acknowledging our Unworthiness before God	117

Obedience to Superiours enforced by Chrifts Exam	127

A Prayer for Grace to do the Will of God	131

God is our only Comfort in Trouble	132

Of cafting our Care upon God	134

Chrift our Pattern of Patience in Afflictions	135

Of bearing Injuries and how we may judge of true Patience	137

The Infirmities and Miseries of our preſent State	139

A Thanksgiving for Gods Mercies	146

How the Divine Affißance should be fought and de pended upon	160

Of Jeeking God alone	164

Of Selfdenial	167

The Changeableness of our Temper and how to fix it168	168

The Happiness of them who love God	170

This Life a State of continual Temptation	172

Of Defpifing the vain Cenfures of Men	174

A Chriftian must devote himself entirely toGod before be can be happy	175

How to govern Ones felf in the Affairs of theWorld	177

Against too great Eagerness in Business	178

In Man dwelleth no good Thing 19	179

Of Defpifing Worldly Honour	181

Happiness is not to be had by the Favour or Friendſhip of Men ود مادة	182

Against vain and pompous Learning ib 49 Of Meddling with the Worldas little as may be	184

so Against a fond and eafie Credulity	185

24	186

Of Trusting in God when Men peak Ill of us	188

Nothing too much to suffer for Eternal Life	193

An Act of Refignation to God in time of Adverfity200	200

The Different Motions of Nature and Grace	207

26	211

Against Prying into things too high for us and pre	217

28	223

The Love of God to the Soul manifefted in this	233

brift dyed for us that We should live to Him	246

An Act of exciting Devotion by the Example of	262

+36 40	4

With what Referves we ought to Pray	16

56	19

Of the Laft Judgment and the Eternal Puniſhment of Ungodly Men	24

Of Zeal in the Reformation of our Lives	25

Otsikko	The Christian's Pattern: Or, a Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ. In Four Books. Written Originally in Latin by Thomas a Kempis. Now Render'd Into English. To which are Added, Meditations and Prayers for Sick Persons. By George Stanhope
Avustajat	George Stanhope, Thomas (à Kempis)
Kustantaja	D. Brown, 1702
Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti	Britannian kansalliskirjasto
Digitoitu	16. kesäkuu 2016
Pituus	12 sivua

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