OF 2427. 4938 THE IMITATION OF CHRIST: IN THREE BOOKS. TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN OF THOMAS À KEMPIS. BY JOHN PAYNE. NEW-BEDFORD: PUBLISHED BY ABRAHAM SHEARMAN, JUN. 1805. CHAP. 1. Of the blessedness of internal con- 2. That Christ, who is the Truth, speak- eth to the soul, without the sound of words; that his instructions are to be heard with humility; and 3. The soul imploring the influence of That the soul must not despair un- der the infirmities of nature, and the suggestions of evil spirits That all things are to be referred to that the service of God is the That the good desires of the heart are to be carefully examined and regulated; and the evil subdued Of meek obedience, after the exam- ple of Jesus Christ; and of the awful consideration of the Divine judgments, as a motive to an hum- ib. |