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If it had been more, thou", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_e656c3cb1ecc", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_17: It behoveth thee to learn to mortify thyself in many things, if thou wilt liv...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "It behoveth thee to learn to mortify thyself in many things, if thou wilt live in amity and concord with other men. 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To-day man is, and to-morrow he will be seen no more. And being removed out of sight, qui", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_fa30b8590991", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_18: Consider now the lively examples of the holy fathers, in whom shone forth rea...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Consider now the lively examples of the holy fathers, in whom shone forth real perfectness and religion, and thou shalt see how little, even as nothing, is all that we do. Ah! What is our life when co", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_e79fe86bac3e", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_14: Look well unto thyself, and beware that thou judge not the doings of others.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Look well unto thyself, and beware that thou judge not the doings of others. In judging others a man laboureth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himse", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_7ecfc86402fe", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_03: The Voice of the Disciple Behold I come unto Thee, O Lord, that I may be bles...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Disciple Behold I come unto Thee, O Lord, that I may be blessed through Thy gift, and be made joyful in Thy holy feast which Thou, O God, of Thy goodness hast prepared for the poor.(1", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_9b918904975b", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_20: Seek a suitable time for thy meditation, and think frequently of the mercies ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Seek a suitable time for thy meditation, and think frequently of the mercies of God to thee. 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He hath many seekers of comfort, but few of tribulation. He findeth many companions of His table, but few of His fasting. ", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_32fad3beb6a6", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_32: “My Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny thyself. All they are enslaved who are possessors of riches, they who love themselves, the selfish, the curious, the restles", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_ad3c9647b114", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_35: “My Son, thou art never secure in this life, but thy spiritual armour will al...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou art never secure in this life, but thy spiritual armour will always be needful for thee as long as thou livest. 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Because therefore they are Thy words and true, I ", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_422ec22431a1", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_05: I bless Thee, O Heavenly Father, Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, for that Tho...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I bless Thee, O Heavenly Father, Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, for that Thou hast vouchsafed to think of me, poor that I am. O, Father of Mercies and God of all comfort,(1) I give thanks unto Thee, ", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_1827d973fbb4", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_05: The Voice of the Beloved If thou hadst angelic purity and the holiness of hol...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Beloved If thou hadst angelic purity and the holiness of holy John the Baptist, thou wouldest not be worthy to receive or to minister this Sacrament. For this is not deserved by merit", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_c1ff606b7b3b", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_18: “My Son!", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son! I came down from heaven for thy salvation; I took upon Me thy miseries not of necessity, but drawn by love that thou mightest learn patience and mightest bear temporal miseries without murmur", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}]}