Of the imitation of Christ : four books . C H A P T E R XXII I. Of Meditation on ERY quickly there will be an endof thee here ; ^ see therefore tothy state : to-da}^ man is; to-morrow he is ofone. And when he is out of siij^htquickly also is he out of the stupidity and hardness of mans heart,which thinketh only upon the present, and dothnot rather care for what is to come ! Thou oughtest so to order thyself in all thythoughts and actions, as if to-day thou wert If thou hadst a ofood conscience, thou wouldstnot greatly fear death.^ It were better to avoid sin, than to esc
Of the imitation of Christ : four books . C H A P T E R XXII I. Of Meditation on ERY quickly there will be an endof thee here ; ^ see therefore tothy state : to-da}^ man is; to-morrow he is ofone. And when he is out of siij^htquickly also is he out of the stupidity and hardness of mans heart,which thinketh only upon the present, and dothnot rather care for what is to come ! Thou oughtest so to order thyself in all thythoughts and actions, as if to-day thou wert If thou hadst a ofood conscience, thou wouldstnot greatly fear death.^ It were better to avoid sin, than to escapedeath.* ^ Job ix. 25, 26 ; xiv. 1,2; Luke xii. 20 ; Heb. ix. Matt. XXV. 13. ; Luke xii. 37. * VVisd. iv. 16. ^o IMITATION OF CHRIST. If to-day thou art not prepared, how wilt thoube so to-morrow ? ^ To-morrow is uncertain, and how knowest thouthat thou shalt hve till to-morrow ? 2. What availeth it to liv^e loncj, when there isso small amendment in us ? Alas ! length of days doth not always better us,but often rather increaseth our sin. O that we had spent but one day in this
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