{"query": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_23: Very quickly will there be", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_37491db316ef", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_04: “My Son!", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son! walk before Me in truth, and in the simplicity of thy heart seek Me continually. He who walketh before Me in the truth shall be safe from evil assaults, and the truth shall deliver him from t", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_dd11291328ce", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_33: “My Son, trust not thy feeling, for that which is now will be quickly changed...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, trust not thy feeling, for that which is now will be quickly changed into somewhat else. As long as thou livest thou art subject to change, howsoever unwilling; so that thou art found now joy", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"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. 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And being removed out of sight, qui", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_89b0853ef934", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_13: “My Son, he who striveth to withdraw himself from obedience, withdraweth hims...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, he who striveth to withdraw himself from obedience, withdraweth himself also from grace, and he who seeketh private advantages, loseth those which are common unto all. 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For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.(1) Give ear to My words, for they kindle the heart and enlighten the mind, they brin", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_024000713286", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_01: The Voice of the Disciple These are Thy words, O Christ, Eternal Truth; thoug...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Disciple These are Thy words, O Christ, Eternal Truth; though not uttered at one time nor written together in one place of Scripture. Because therefore they are Thy words and true, I ", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_fa30b8590991", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_18: Consider now the lively examples of the holy fathers, in whom shone forth rea...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Consider now the lively examples of the holy fathers, in whom shone forth real perfectness and religion, and thou shalt see how little, even as nothing, is all that we do. Ah! 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O, Father of Mercies and God of all comfort,(1) I give thanks unto Thee, ", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_ac70cca3e183", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_41: “My Son, make it no matter of thine, if thou see others honoured and exalted,...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, make it no matter of thine, if thou see others honoured and exalted, and thyself despised and humbled. 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Lord, what cause can I have of comp", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_c29b8fd95478", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_44: “My Son, in many things it behoveth thee to be ignorant, and to esteem thysel...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, in many things it behoveth thee to be ignorant, and to esteem thyself as one dead upon the earth, and as one to whom the whole world is crucified. Many things also thou must pass by with deaf", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_bb2dfec3dc13", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_21: If thou wilt make any progress keep thyself in the fear of God, and long not ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "If thou wilt make any progress keep thyself in the fear of God, and long not to be too free, but restrain all thy senses under discipline and give not thyself up to senseless mirth. 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