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

S. Powell, 1719 - 384 pages

CONTENTS The First Book	1

Modefty	2

The Peacemaker	3

The Doctrine of Truth	6

The Difconfolate State	9

Prudence in our Behaviour II	11

s Of Reading the Holy Scriptures	12

Of Inordinate Affections	13

Of Zeal in the Reformation of our Lives	68

Digeſted into Conferences between CHRIST	121

Of Acknowledging our Unworthiness before God	143

Of Regulating our Defires	150

Obedience to Superiors enforced by Chrifts Example	156

A Prayer for Grace to do the Will of God	162

Of bearing Injuries and how we may judge of true Patience	169

Of feeking God alone	203

Directions for avoiding Pride and Vain Confidences	14

Against too general an Acquaintance and inconvenient Freedoms in Converfation	16

Obedience and a State of Subjection	17

Few Words are beft	18

Of Peace of Mind and a Defire of Improvement	20

The Infirmities and Miseries of our present State	22

The Advantage of Afflictions	23

Of Refifting Temptations	24

Againſt a busy inquifitive Temper	28

Against Rafh Judging	29

Is Of Works of Charity	30

Of Bearing with other Mens Faults 17 A Reclufe Life	35

of the Examples of Holy Men in former Ages	36

The Exercise of a truly Religious Perfon	39

Love of Solitude and Silence	44

Of Compunction of Heart	48

The Miferable Condition of Man confidered	52

Meditations concerning Death	57

Of the Laft Judgment and the Eternal Puniſhment of Ungodly Men	62

The Happiness of them who love God	211

A Chriftian muft devote himself entirely to God before he can	218

Of defpifing Worldly Honour	225

Of trufting in God when Men speak Ill of	234

Of the Defire of Eternal Life and the Happiness of them	244

A Man must be contented with meaner Ads of Virtue when	252

The different Motions of Nature and Grace	258

SelfDenial enforced from Chrifts Example	265

God is All the Good Mans Hope and Confidence	275

Chap	279

The Love of God to the Soul manifefted in this Sacrament	288

The Pleasures of Devout Communion	295

An A of Preparation before the Sacrament	303

An Ad of SelfRefignation	309

The Benefit of Chrifts Body and Word	317

The Souls Defire of Union with Chrift	325

An All of exciting Devotion by the Example of Others	14

Upon Recovery from Sickness	24

Title	The Christian's Pattern: Or, a Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ. In Four Books. Written Originally in Latin by Thomas À Kempis. Now Render'd Into English. To which are Added, Meditations and Prayers, for Sick Persons. By George Stanhope, ...
Contributor	Thomas (à Kempis)
Publisher	S. Powell, 1719
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	7 Apr 2017
Length	384 pages

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