The Christian's Pattern, Or a Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ
By:Thomas a Kempis
Published on 2017-11-21 by Forgotten Books
Excerpt from The Christian's Pattern, or a Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ: In Four Books; Written Originally in Latin; Now Render'd Into English; To Which Are Added, Meditations and Prayers, for Sick Persons This Thomas was called it Kempis from a little Village cirbat Name, in the Diocefe of Cologne, where he was born in the Year of our Lord I 3 08. His Parentage and Fortune were mean; atthir teen Years old he began his Studies, and about Nineteen betook himfelf to a Monaftery of Au gu/iiu Monks About Five and twentyihe took the Habit of that Houfe and Order. There he continued for the {pace of Seventy Years, par ticularly eminent for his Piety, Humility, dili gent Study oi the Holy Scriptures, Aufierity of Life, moving Eloquence in Difcourfe, and ex traordinary Zeal in Prayer. For his Perfon, He was of middle Stature, of 9. {iron g brown Com plexion, a lively piercing Eye and a Sight (o ood, that tho' he laboured much under other infirmities of old Age, yet he was never redu ccd to the ufe of Speetacles. He died jul] 1471. In the Ninety fecond Year of his Age. 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.
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