Devotions, by J. Donne. With two sermons. i. On the decease of lady Danvers. ii. Death's duel. To which is prefixed, his life, by I. Walton1840 |
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... accept of your offer . But , sir , my refusal is not for that I think myself too good for that calling , for which kings , if they think so , are not good enough ; nor for that my education and learning , though not eminent , may not ...
... accept of your offer . But , sir , my refusal is not for that I think myself too good for that calling , for which kings , if they think so , are not good enough ; nor for that my education and learning , though not eminent , may not ...
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... accept of their lecture , which , by reason of Dr. Gataker's removal from thence , was then void ; of which he accepted , being most glad to renew his intermitted friendship with those whom he so much loved , and where he had been a ...
... accept of their lecture , which , by reason of Dr. Gataker's removal from thence , was then void ; of which he accepted , being most glad to renew his intermitted friendship with those whom he so much loved , and where he had been a ...
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... accept of what was offered : one of these I can and will by your favour do without delay , and without any trouble either to your body or mind . I beseech you to accept of my offer ; for I know it will be a considerable addition to your ...
... accept of what was offered : one of these I can and will by your favour do without delay , and without any trouble either to your body or mind . I beseech you to accept of my offer ; for I know it will be a considerable addition to your ...
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... accept this , because it is his by the same title . If I had not overcome that reluctation , which I had in myself of representing Devotions and mortifications to a young and active prince , I should not have put them into your pre ...
... accept this , because it is his by the same title . If I had not overcome that reluctation , which I had in myself of representing Devotions and mortifications to a young and active prince , I should not have put them into your pre ...
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... accept thine ordinance . And it is the voice of the wise man , both for the matter , physic itself , The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth , and he that is wise shall not abhor them3 , and for the art , and the person , the ...
... accept thine ordinance . And it is the voice of the wise man , both for the matter , physic itself , The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth , and he that is wise shall not abhor them3 , and for the art , and the person , the ...
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Page 33 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Page 54 - Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?
Page lxii - A Hymn to God the Father Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before? Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page xli - Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th
Page 135 - Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
Page 185 - And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels...
Page 102 - ... any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee!
Page 121 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Page 165 - For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Page lxii - Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun My last thread, I shall perish on the shore...