{"query": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_07: “My Son, it is better and s", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_bd5662f9173d", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_07: “My Son, it is better and safer for thee to hide the grace of devotion, and n...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, it is better and safer for thee to hide the grace of devotion, and not to lift thyself up on high, nor to speak much thereof, nor to value it greatly; but rather to despise thyself, and to fe"}, {"id": "card_n_f0a363b79c87", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_46: “My Son, stand fast and believe in Me.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, stand fast and believe in Me. For what are words but words? They fly through the air, but they bruise no stone. 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Do, O my Lord, as Thou sayest, for this is pleasing unto me to hear. 3. “Strive, My Son, to do another’s will rather than thine"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_mark_1_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Mark 1:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Mark 1:1 — We may observe here,\nI. What the New Testament is - the divine testament, to which we adhere above all that is human; the new testament, which we advance above that which was old. It is "}, {"id": "card_n_c1ff606b7b3b", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_18: “My Son!", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son! I came down from heaven for thy salvation; I took upon Me thy miseries not of necessity, but drawn by love that thou mightest learn patience and mightest bear temporal miseries without murmur"}, {"id": "card_n_e70a7ac28424", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_39: “My Son, always commit thy cause to Me; I will dispose it aright in due time.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, always commit thy cause to Me; I will dispose it aright in due time. Wait for My arrangement of it, and then thou shalt find it for thy profit.” 2. O Lord, right freely I commit all things to"}, {"id": "card_n_d2ab37634643", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_15: “My Son, speak thou thus in every matter, ‘Lord, if it please Thee, let this ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, speak thou thus in every matter, ‘Lord, if it please Thee, let this come to pass. Lord, if this shall be for Thine honour, let it be done in Thy Name. Lord, if thou see it good for me, and ap"}, {"id": "card_n_dd0a0d64e834", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_08: I will speak unto my Lord who am but dust and ashes.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I will speak unto my Lord who am but dust and ashes. If I count myself more, behold Thou standest against me, and my iniquities bear true testimony, and I cannot gainsay it. But if I abase myself, and"}, {"id": "card_n_26d6b024cac1", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_50: O Lord, Holy Father, be Thou blessed now and evermore; because as Thou wilt s...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord, Holy Father, be Thou blessed now and evermore; because as Thou wilt so it is done, and what Thou doest is good. Let Thy servant rejoice in Thee, not in himself, nor in any other; because Thou "}, {"id": "card_n_7ecfc86402fe", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_03: The Voice of the Disciple Behold I come unto Thee, O Lord, that I may be bles...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Disciple Behold I come unto Thee, O Lord, that I may be blessed through Thy gift, and be made joyful in Thy holy feast which Thou, O God, of Thy goodness hast prepared for the poor.(1"}, {"id": "card_c_0d721925fcb6", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_02_08: Whe → Imitation of Christ §imit_02_09: It ", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in imitation_of_christ."}, {"id": "card_c_405675455232", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_05: It  → Imitation of Christ §imit_01_04: We ", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in imitation_of_christ."}, {"id": "card_c_46c4765d02c8", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_13: So  → Imitation of Christ §imit_01_12: It ", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in imitation_of_christ."}]}