The Christian's pattern ; or, A treatise of the imitation of Jesus Christ : in four books /

"It has been the most widely read devotional manual apart from the Bible, perhaps even surpassing the influence of such books as 'Pilgrim's progress' and St. Augustine's 'Confessiones'. Much of this appeal has been attributed to the great simplicity of its style an...

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Other Authors: Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, Stanhope, George, 1660-1728
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Charlestown [Mass.] : Printed by W.S. & H. Spear, for Asa Lyman, bookseller, Portland, 1812.
Edition:New ed.
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245 1 4 |a The Christian's pattern ; or, A treatise of the imitation of Jesus Christ :  |b in four books /  |c written originally in Latin by Thomas à Kempis, now rendered into English ; to which are added, meditations and prayers for sick persons, by George Stanhope. 
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520 |a "The Christian pattern" was the title used both by John Wesley in 1735 and by George Stanhope, dean of Canterbury in 1698 for their versions of "Imitatio Christi". 
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