Excerpt from An Extract of the Christian's Pattern, or a Treatise on the Imitation of Christ: Written in Latin by Thomas A Kempis I. As it is impossible for any one to know the usefulness of this treatise, till he has read it in such a manner as it deserves: instead of heap ing up commendations of it, which those who have so read it, do not want, and those who have not, will not believe, I have transcribed a few plain directions, how to read this (or indeed any other religious book) with improvement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.