THAT OUR PEACE IS NOT TO BE PLACED IN MEN “”My Son, if you set your peace on any person because you have high opinion of him, and are familiar with him, you shall be unstable and entangled. But if you betake yourself to the ever-living and abiding Truth, the desertion or death of a [...]
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the imitation of Christ, the 3rd book: chapter x (that it is sweet to despise the world and to serve God)
THAT IT IS SWEET TO DESPISE THE WORLD AND TO SERVE GOD “Now will I speak again, O my Lord, and hold not my peace; I will say in the ears of my God, my Lord, and my King, who is exalted above all, O how plentiful is Your goodness which You have laid up [...]
the imitation of Christ, the 2nd book: chapter i (admonitions concerning the inner life)
OF THE INWARD LIFE “The kingdom of God is within you, says the Lord. Turn you with all your heart to the Lord and forsake this miserable world, and you shall find rest unto your soul. Learn to despise outward things and to give yourself to things inward, and you shall see the Kingdom of [...]
