OF THE LACK OF ALL COMFORT “Wherefore one said, when the favour of God was present with him, I said in my prosperity I shall never be moved, but he goes on to say what he felt within himself when the favour departed: You did turn Your face from me, and I was troubled. In [...]
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the imitation of Christ, the 1st book: chapter xxiii (meditation upon death)
OF MEDITATION UPON DEATH “Very quickly, will there be an end of you here. Take heed, therefore, how it will be with you in another world. Today man is, and tomorrow he will be seen no more. And being removed out of sight quickly, also he is out of mind. O the dullness and hardness [...]