The Christian's Pattern, Or a Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ In Four Books; Written Originally in Latin (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from The Christian's Pattern, or a Treatise of the Imitation of Jesus Christ: In Four Books; Written Originally in Latin This Thomas was called ali'empis from a little Village of that Name, in the Diocefe of Cologne, where he was born in the Year of our Lord 13 80. His Parentage and Fortune were mean; At Thir teen Years old he began his Studies, and about Nineteen betook himl'elf to a Monallery of Ann gn/iin Monks; About Five and twenty he took the Habit of that Houfe and Order. There he continued for the (pace of Seventy Years, par ticularly eminent for his Piety, Humility, dili gent Study of the Holy Scriptures, Aulierity of Life, moving Eloquence in Difcourfe, and ex traordinary Zeal in Prayer. For his Perfon, He was of middle Stature, of a firong brown Com plexion, a lively piercing Eye and a Sight (0 good, that tho' he laboured much under other Infirmities of old Age, yet he was never redu ced to the ufe of Speétacles. He died flat)! 25. 1471, in the Ninety fecond Year of hls Age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.