{"query": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_12: It is good for us that we s", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f9487d3abff4", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_12: It is good for us that we sometimes have sorrows and adversities, for they of...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "It is good for us that we sometimes have sorrows and adversities, for they often make a man lay to heart that he is only a stranger and sojourner, and may not put his trust in any worldly thing. It is"}, {"id": "card_n_c536440b0b63", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_01: _He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness_,(1) saith the Lord.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "_He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness_,(1) saith the Lord. These are the words of Christ; and they teach us how far we must imitate His life and character, if we seek true illumination, and"}, {"id": "card_n_778f4d1051fc", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_08: Open not thine heart to every man, but deal with one who is wise and feareth ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Open not thine heart to every man, but deal with one who is wise and feareth God. Be seldom with the young and with strangers. Be not a flatterer of the rich; nor willingly seek the society of the gre"}, {"id": "card_n_424c02ce5520", "title": "1 John 1", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life\n2. (and the life was reveal"}, {"id": "card_n_29926e451adb", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_02_06: The testimony of a good conscience is the glory of a good man.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The testimony of a good conscience is the glory of a good man. Have a good conscience and thou shalt ever have joy. A good conscience is able to bear exceeding much, and is exceeding joyful in the mid"}, {"id": "card_n_bada37c33a85", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_15: For no worldly good whatsoever, and for the love of no man, must anything be ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "For no worldly good whatsoever, and for the love of no man, must anything be done which is evil, but for the help of the suffering a good work must sometimes be postponed, or be changed for a better; "}, {"id": "card_n_4ef2a6f26178", "title": "1 Clement XXI", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Take heed, beloved, lest His many kindnesses lead to the condemnation of us all. [For thus it must be] unless we walk worthy of Him, and with one mind do those things which are good and well-pleasing "}, {"id": "card_n_a6c94441bfe4", "title": "Romans 6", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?\n2. May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?\n3. Or don’t you know that all of us who were bap"}, {"id": "card_n_faa2f27d2ad3", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_10: Avoid as far as thou canst the tumult of men; for talk concerning worldly thi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Avoid as far as thou canst the tumult of men; for talk concerning worldly things, though it be innocently undertaken, is a hindrance, so quickly are we led captive and defiled by vanity. Many a time I"}, {"id": "card_n_fbfced21517a", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_04: We must not trust every word of others or feeling within ourselves, but cauti...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We must not trust every word of others or feeling within ourselves, but cautiously and patiently try the matter, whether it be of God. Unhappily we are so weak that we find it easier to believe and sp"}, {"id": "card_n_36c587b6f62f", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_05: It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words. All Scripture ought to be read in the spirit in which it was written. We must rather seek for what is profitable in Scripture, th"}, {"id": "card_n_9f851a24bb91", "title": "Romans 5", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;\n2. through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of t"}, {"id": "card_n_35661f2d238d", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_02_05: We cannot place too little confidence in ourselves, because grace and underst...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We cannot place too little confidence in ourselves, because grace and understanding are often lacking to us. Little light is there within us, and what we have we quickly lose by negligence. Oftentimes"}, {"id": "card_n_cd47c4f4b82e", "title": "2 Corinthians 5", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.\n2. For most certainly in this we groan, longing to"}, {"id": "card_n_cbcebb1c3afb", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_10_028: But what when the memory itself loses any thing, as falls out when we forget ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But what when the memory itself loses any thing, as falls out when we forget and seek that we may recollect? Where in the end do we search, but in the memory itself? and there, if one thing be perchan"}, {"id": "card_n_7f5bdebf5dd6", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_11: We may enjoy abundance of peace if we refrain from busying ourselves with the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We may enjoy abundance of peace if we refrain from busying ourselves with the sayings and doings of others, and things which concern not ourselves. How can he abide long time in peace who occupieth hi"}, {"id": "card_n_d938d5e0c1cd", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_19: The life of a Christian ought to be adorned with all virtues, that he may be ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The life of a Christian ought to be adorned with all virtues, that he may be inwardly what he outwardly appeareth unto men. And verily it should be yet better within than without, for God is a discern"}, {"id": "card_n_f34b7ca6db45", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_13_045: But they who by Thy Spirit see these things, Thou seest in them.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "But they who by Thy Spirit see these things, Thou seest in them. Therefore when they see that these things are good, Thou seest that they are good; and whatsoever things for Thy sake please, Thou plea"}, {"id": "card_n_0fca87115642", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_13: So long as we live in the world, we cannot be without trouble and trial.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "So long as we live in the world, we cannot be without trouble and trial. Wherefore it is written in Job, The life of man upon the earth is a trial.(1) And therefore ought each of us to give heed conce"}, {"id": "card_n_d2ab37634643", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_15: “My Son, speak thou thus in every matter, ‘Lord, if it please Thee, let this ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, speak thou thus in every matter, ‘Lord, if it please Thee, let this come to pass. Lord, if this shall be for Thine honour, let it be done in Thy Name. Lord, if thou see it good for me, and ap"}]}