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Book 3
The Imitation of Christ · 59 chapters- 1Of the inward voice of Christ to the faithful soul
- 2What the truth saith inwardly without noise of words
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- 4How we must walk in truth and humility before God
- 5Of the wonderful power of the Divine Love
- 6Of the proving of the true lover
- 7Of hiding our grace under the guard of humility
- 8Of a low estimation of self in the sight of God
- 9That all things are to be referred to God, as the final end
- 10That it is sweet to despise the world and to serve God
- 11That the desires of the heart are to be examined and governed
- 12Of the inward growth of patience, and of the struggle against evil desires
- 13Of the obedience of one in lowly subjection after the example of Jesus Christ
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- 15How we must stand and speak, in everything that we desire
- 16That true solace is to be sought in God alone
- 17That all care is to be cast upon God
- 18That temporal miseries are to be borne patiently after the example of Christ
- 19Of bearing injuries, and who shall be approved as truly patient
- 20Of confession of our infirmity and of the miseries of this life
- 21That we must rest in God above all goods and gifts
- 22Of the recollection of God's manifold benefits
- 23Of four things which bring great peace
- 24Of avoiding of curious inquiry into the life of another
- 25Wherein firm peace of heart and true profit consist
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- 27That personal love greatly hindereth from the highest good
- 28Against the tongues of detractors
- 29How when tribulation cometh we must call upon and bless God
- 30Of seeking divine help, and the confidence of obtaining grace
- 31Of the neglect of every creature, that the Creator may be found
- 32Of self-denial and the casting away all selfishness
- 33Of instability of the heart, and of directing the aim towards God
- 34That to him who loveth God is sweet above all things and in all things
- 35That there is no security against temptation in this life
- 36Against vain judgments of men
- 37Of pure and entire resignation of self, for the obtaining liberty of heart
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- 39That man must not be immersed in business
- 40That man hath no good in himself, and nothing whereof to glory
- 41Of contempt of all temporal honour
- 42That our peace is not to be placed in men
- 43Against vain and worldly knowledge
- 44Of not troubling ourselves about outward things
- 45That we must not believe everyone, and that we are prone to fall in our words
- 46Of having confidence in God when evil words are cast at us
- 47That all troubles are to be endured for the sake of eternal life
- 48Of the day of eternity and of the straitnesses of this life
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- 50How a desolate man ought to commit himself into the hands of God
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- 53That the Grace of God doth not join itself to those who mind earthly things
- 54Of the diverse motions of Nature and of Grace
- 55Of the corruption of Nature and the efficacy of Divine Grace
- 56That we ought to deny ourselves, and to imitate Christ by means of the Cross
- 57That a man must not be too much cast down when he falleth into some faults
- 58Of deeper matters, and God's hidden judgments which are not to be inquired into
- 59That all hope and trust is to be fixed in God alone