{"query": "Imitation of Christ §imit_02_08: When Jesus is present all i", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_6ab7fc5b406e", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_02_08: When Jesus is present all is well and nothing seemeth hard, but when Jesus is...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "When Jesus is present all is well and nothing seemeth hard, but when Jesus is not present everything is hard. 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Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,\n2. to the assembly of God which is at Corinth—those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called sain"}, {"id": "card_n_7c726252881a", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_02_09: It is no hard thing to despise human comfort when divine is present.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "It is no hard thing to despise human comfort when divine is present. 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O delightsome and sweet world! that is, to him that loveth the Word, not the world, neither the "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_2_timothy_1_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on 2 Timothy 1:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 2 Timothy 1:1 — Here is, I. The inscription of the epistle Paul calls himself an apostle by the will of God, merely by the good pleasure of God, and by his grace, which he professes himself unworth"}, {"id": "card_n_f9487d3abff4", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_12: It is good for us that we sometimes have sorrows and adversities, for they of...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "It is good for us that we sometimes have sorrows and adversities, for they often make a man lay to heart that he is only a stranger and sojourner, and may not put his trust in any worldly thing. It is"}, {"id": "card_n_32fad3beb6a6", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_32: “My Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny thyself. All they are enslaved who are possessors of riches, they who love themselves, the selfish, the curious, the restles"}, {"id": "card_n_b17fe9aef49d", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_36: “My Son, anchor thy soul firmly upon God, and fear not man’s judgment, when c...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, anchor thy soul firmly upon God, and fear not man’s judgment, when conscience pronounceth thee pious and innocent. It is good and blessed thus to suffer; nor will it be grievous to the heart "}]}