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 [...]
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the imitation of Christ, the 1st book: chapter xix (the exercises of a religious man)
OF THE EXERCISES OF A RELIGIOUS MAN “The life of a Christian ought to be adorned with all virtues, that he may be inwardly what he outwardly appears unto men. And verily it should be yet better within than without, for God is a discerner of our heart, Whom we must reverence with all our [...]