The Christian Pattern, Or the Imitation of Jesus Christ Being an Abridgement of the Works of Thomas À Kempis (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Christian Pattern, or the Imitation of Jesus Christ: Being an Abridgement of the Works of Thomas À Kempis Light of Lifi', lays that Chrift who cle clares himfelf 71743 Light of tbe World' The true Importance and Defign of which \vords is doubt lefs no inltruét us, that the \vay to be truly Enlighten ed, and to deliver ourfelves from a Blindnefs of Heart; fis to make his Holy Life the Objecft of our Imitation, and to form our Difpofitions and Aétions upon the per-feet Model of that bright Example. But how fhall we follow a Pattern, which we but little think of The firft Step therefore towards thus Copying aften him, is the employing our Thoughts, with great Ftc queney and ferious Attention, upon the Perfeétions of this Divine Original. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.