The Works of John Donne, Volume 1Parker, 1839 - Sermons, English |
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Page 77
... graves of our bodies ; and the body , which , in the best vigour thereof , was but the grave of the soul , we over - love . Pharaoh's butler1 and 19 Gen. XL . his baker went both out of prison in a day SER . IV . ] 77 ON THE NATIVITY .
... graves of our bodies ; and the body , which , in the best vigour thereof , was but the grave of the soul , we over - love . Pharaoh's butler1 and 19 Gen. XL . his baker went both out of prison in a day SER . IV . ] 77 ON THE NATIVITY .
Page 90
... grave , as the cradle of honour ; and thou shalt find in that office as many records of attainted families , and escheated families , and impoverished and forgotten , and obliterate families , as of families newly erected and presently ...
... grave , as the cradle of honour ; and thou shalt find in that office as many records of attainted families , and escheated families , and impoverished and forgotten , and obliterate families , as of families newly erected and presently ...
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... grave , and an immortal worm gnaw his con- science in the torments of hell . And then , if that which God , and God in the council and concurrence , and co - operation of the whole Trinity hath made thee , man , be nothing , canst thou ...
... grave , and an immortal worm gnaw his con- science in the torments of hell . And then , if that which God , and God in the council and concurrence , and co - operation of the whole Trinity hath made thee , man , be nothing , canst thou ...
Page 218
... grave , thy metaphorical , thy quotidian grave , thy bed , as thou enteredest into the church at first , by water , by baptism ; rebaptize thyself every night , in Job's snow water10 , in holy tears that may cool the inordinate lusts of ...
... grave , thy metaphorical , thy quotidian grave , thy bed , as thou enteredest into the church at first , by water , by baptism ; rebaptize thyself every night , in Job's snow water10 , in holy tears that may cool the inordinate lusts of ...
Page 239
... grave is upward , and our heart is upon Jacob's ladder , in the way , and nearer to heaven . Our daily funerals are some emblems of that ; for though we be laid down in the earth after , yet we are lifted up upon men's shoulders before ...
... grave is upward , and our heart is upon Jacob's ladder , in the way , and nearer to heaven . Our daily funerals are some emblems of that ; for though we be laid down in the earth after , yet we are lifted up upon men's shoulders before ...
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Page 371 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : But they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Page 1 - For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; and, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Page 63 - Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Page 54 - And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Page 323 - David :" secondly, that he was " declared to be the Son of God by the resurrection from the dead.
Page 197 - My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death ; Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place!
Page 336 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 537 - They have moved me to Jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Page 223 - As soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldst not, as of a prince whom thou couldst not look upon, will trouble thine eyes, if the wind blow it thither ; and when a whirlwind hath blown the dust of the church-yard into the church, and the man sweeps out the dust of the church into the church-yard, who will undertake to sift those dusts again, and to pronounce — This is the patrician ; this is the noble flour, and this the yeomanly, this the plebeian bran.
Page 27 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.