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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... . Remember , Mr. Donne , no man's education or parts make him too good for this employment , which is to be an ambassador for the God of glory ; that God who , by a vile death , opened the gates of life xxviii THE LIFE OF.
... . Remember , Mr. Donne , no man's education or parts make him too good for this employment , which is to be an ambassador for the God of glory ; that God who , by a vile death , opened the gates of life xxviii THE LIFE OF.
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... may be , that sacred calling from a dishonour . And besides , whereas it is determined by the best of casuists , that God's glory should be the first end , and a maintenance the second motive to embrace that calling DR . DONNE xxix 1.
... may be , that sacred calling from a dishonour . And besides , whereas it is determined by the best of casuists , that God's glory should be the first end , and a maintenance the second motive to embrace that calling DR . DONNE xxix 1.
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... glory ) , and by which I most humbly thank him , I have been enabled to requite most of those friends who showed me kindness when my fortune was very low , as God knows it was ; and ( as it hath occasioned the expression of my gratitude ) ...
... glory ) , and by which I most humbly thank him , I have been enabled to requite most of those friends who showed me kindness when my fortune was very low , as God knows it was ; and ( as it hath occasioned the expression of my gratitude ) ...
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... glory or commenda- tion is rooted in the very nature of man , and that those of the severest and most mortified lives , though they may become so humble as to banish self - flattery , and such weeds as naturally grow there ; yet they ...
... glory or commenda- tion is rooted in the very nature of man , and that those of the severest and most mortified lives , though they may become so humble as to banish self - flattery , and such weeds as naturally grow there ; yet they ...
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... glory ' tis to owe Thy memory , what we can never pay , Than with embased coin those rites defray . Commit we then thee to thyself , nor blame Our drooping loves , that thus to thine own fame Leave thee executor , since but thine own No ...
... glory ' tis to owe Thy memory , what we can never pay , Than with embased coin those rites defray . Commit we then thee to thyself , nor blame Our drooping loves , that thus to thine own fame Leave thee executor , since but thine own No ...
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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...