Of the imitation of Christ : four books . CHAPTER IX. That all things are to be referred unto God,as their last Y son, I ought to be thy supremeand ultimate end, if thou desireto be truly blessed. By this intention thy affec-tions will be purified, which aretoo often inordinately inclinedto selfishness and unto creatures. For if in any thing thou seekest thyself, im-mediately thou faintest and driest up. I would therefore thou shouldst refer all thingsprincipally unto me, for I am He who havegiven all. Consider every thing as flowing from theHighest Good;^ and therefore unto me as theiro
Of the imitation of Christ : four books . CHAPTER IX. That all things are to be referred unto God,as their last Y son, I ought to be thy supremeand ultimate end, if thou desireto be truly blessed. By this intention thy affec-tions will be purified, which aretoo often inordinately inclinedto selfishness and unto creatures. For if in any thing thou seekest thyself, im-mediately thou faintest and driest up. I would therefore thou shouldst refer all thingsprincipally unto me, for I am He who havegiven all. Consider every thing as flowing from theHighest Good;^ and therefore unto me as theiroriginal all must be brought back. Kcclus. i. 5. I70 IMITATION OF CHRIST. 2. From me, as from a living fountain, thesmall and the great, the poor and the rich, dodraw the water of life ; ^ and they that willinglyand freely serve me shall receive grace for grace. But he who desires to glory in things out ofme,^ or to take pleasure in some private good,shall not be grounded in true joy, nor be enlargedin his heart, but shall many ways be encumberedand straitened. Thou oughtest therefore to ascribe nothing ofgood to
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