A Book Called in Latin Enchiridion Militis Christiani, and in English the Manual of the Christian Knight; Replenished with Most Wholesome Precepts, - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... of our enemy. The noble captain Josue was in doubt of an angel of light, saying Art thou on our part, or of our enemies' part. Therefore seeing that thou hast taken upon thee war against thyself, and the chief hope and comfort of victory is if thou know thyself to the uttermost, I will paint a certain image of thyself, as it were in a table, and set it before thine eyes that thou raayst perfectly know what thou art inwardly and within thy skin. IT Of the outward and inward man.--Chap. Iv. AM AN is then a certain monstrous beast com- A man is pact together of parts two or three of great monstrous diversity. Of a soul as of a certain goodly thing, beast . and of a body as it were a brute or dumb beast. For certainly we so greatly excel not all other kinds of brute beasts in perfectness of body, but that we in all his natural gifts are found to them inferiors. In our minds verily we be so celestial and of godly capacity that we may surmount above the nature of angels, and be unite, knit and made one with God. If thy body had not been added to thee, thou hadst been a God is the celestial or godly thing. - If this mind had not peace. been grafted in thee, plainly thou hadst been a brute beast. These two natures between them- The serselves so diverse, that excellent workman had maker of coupled together with blessed concord: but the debate. serpent the enemy of peace put them asunder He hoideth again with unhappy discord: so that now they the ears. neither can be separate without very great torment vertMwTuse an(j pain, neither live joined together without which be in continual war. And plainly, after the common brance"" ^T^S' each in the other holdeth the wolf by whence ^ne ears, and either may say very well and acthey can in cordinffly to...
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230353135
- ISBN 13 9781230353135
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages70
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