The christian's exercise : or, rules to live above the world while we are in it; with meditations, hymns and soliloquies, Suited to the several Stages of Christian Life. Adorn'd with curious sculptures. In four parts. By Thomas à Kempis. To which is added, an appendix of Letters, Dialogues, &c. Address'd to all the true Lovers of Devotion, by Robert Nelson, Esq; .

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471.

Standardized Title:

Imitatio Christi. English.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian life--Early works to 1800.

Christian life.

Devotional exercises--Early works to 1800.

Devotional exercises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([16],xv,[17],431,[1]p.,plates )

Other Title:

Christian's exercise

Place of Publication:

London : printed for R. S. [Richard Smith] and sold by Charles Rivington at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCXV. [1715]

Notes:

The traditional attribution to Thomas à Kempis is disputed.

A translation of: Imitatio Christi.

The four parts, each entitled 'Rules to live above the world', and the appendix, entitled 'A collection of several small pieces both in prose and verse', have separate titlepages, with the imprint: London: printed for Richard Smith, 1714.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T128159.

OCLC:

642355378