Front matter
Richard Challoner translation
[Transcriber's note: This production is based on https://archive.org/details/followingofchris00thom. This work has almost every sentence and sentence fragment in a separate paragraph. The original work is about forty characters wide, which has been maintained in the text format to imitate "pocket book" layout. To realize this width in html, set the browser window to the width of the following line: OninininininininininininininininininininiO "USCCB" refers to bible citations from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, http://usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/ These notes are inserted where the text has been relocated, e.g.: from Ecclesiastes to Sirach; and Psalms, where chapter numbers are modified. The abbreviated names of Biblical books have been replaced with their full names. Some archaic, uncommon words.
burthen
burden.
compunction
deep regret, scruples, guilt.
concupiscence
sexual desire.
contemn
look down on with disdain.
fain
having made preparations.
increated
not created.
longanimity
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.
procurator
person authorized to act for another.
refection
light meal.
vouchsafe
grant in a condescending manner.
wo
woe.
The Table of Contents is on page 390.]