Of the imitation of Christ : four books . so humble and simple, without all maliceand deceit, that they even rejoiced to sufferreproach for thy name; ^ and what the worldabhorreth, they embraced with great affection. 5. When therefore a man loveth thee andacknowledgeth thy benefits, nothing ought so torejoice him as thy will toward hini, and the goodpleasure of thine eternal appointment. And herewith he ought to be so contented andcomforted, that he would as willingly be the least,as another would wish to be the greatest. He would too be as peaceable and contented in 1 Cor. i. 27, 28. ^ Psalm
Of the imitation of Christ : four books . so humble and simple, without all maliceand deceit, that they even rejoiced to sufferreproach for thy name; ^ and what the worldabhorreth, they embraced with great affection. 5. When therefore a man loveth thee andacknowledgeth thy benefits, nothing ought so torejoice him as thy will toward hini, and the goodpleasure of thine eternal appointment. And herewith he ought to be so contented andcomforted, that he would as willingly be the least,as another would wish to be the greatest. He would too be as peaceable and contented in 1 Cor. i. 27, 28. ^ Psalm xlv. 16. i Thcss. ii. lo. ?• Acts \. 41 I 2 IMITATION OF CHRIST. the last place as in the first; as willing to be adespised castaway, of no name or character, as tobe preferred in honour before others, and to begreater in the world than they. For thy will and the love of thy glory ought tobe preferred before all things, and to comfort himmore, and to please him better, than all thebenefits which either he hath received or
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