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The Following of Christ, in four books: a new translation

CONTENTS. BOOK I. I. Of the imitation of Christ, and the contempt of the vanities of the world 1 II. Of having a humble opinion of one-self 3 III. Of the doctrine of truth 4 IV. Of prudence in what we do 8 V. On reading the Holy Scriptures 8 VI. Of inordinate affections 9 VII. Of avoiding vain hope and arrogance 10 VIII. Of guarding against too much intimacy 11 IX. Of obedience and subjection 12 X. Of avoiding superfluity of words 13 XI. Of acquiring peace, and seal for our spiritual progress 14 XII. Of the advantage of adversity 17 XIII. Of resisting temptations 17 XIV. Of avoiding rash judgment 21 XV. Of works done out of charity 22 XVI. Of bearing the defects of others 23 XVII. Of the monastic life 25 XVIII. Of the examples of the holy fathers 26 XIX. Of the exercises of a good religious 28 XX. Of the love of solitude and silence 31 XXI. Of compunction of heart 35 XXII. Of the consideration of human misery 38 XXIII. Of the thoughts of death 41 XXIV. Of judgment, and the punishments of sinners 45 XXV Of the fervent amendment of our whole life 49 BOOK II. I. Of interior conversation 54 II. Of humble submission 58 III. Of the good peaceable man 59 IV. Of a pure mind and a simple in

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