Excerpt from The Imitation of Christ: In Three Books; Rendered Into English From the Original Latin The christian's pattern, by Thomas A Kem pis, has for more than three hundred years been esteemed one Of the best practical religious books in existence; and has gone through repeated editions, not only in the original Latin, but in every European language. Because, however, the author, a popish monk, intermingled his thoughts of purgatory, good works, penance, saints, celibacy, a recluse life, 850. In almost every chapter, the work has been justly de nied a general circulation among protestants. A pastor could scarcely lend or recommend it to his parishioners; or must express such reservations, as destroyed the confidence and comfort Of the reader. 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.