THE FOLLOWING OF CHRIST. IN FOUR BOOKS. BY THOMAS À KEMPIS. A New Translation from the Original Latin. TO WHICH ARE ADDED PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS AND A PRAYER AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER. NEW YORK: D. & J. SADLIER & CO., 164 WILLIAM STREET BOSTON: 128 FEDERAL STREET. MONTREAL: COR. OF NOTRE DAME AND ST. FRANCIS XAVIER STS. 14198 1852. f. 264 Contents. PAGE I. Or the imitation of Christ, and the con- tempt of all the vanities of the world VII. Of avoiding vain hope and arrogance VIII. Of guarding against too much intimacy IX. Of obedience and subjection XVI. Of bearing the defects of others XVIII. Of the examples of the holy fathers XIX. Of the exercises of a good religious |