The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 3Parker, 1839 - Sermons, English |
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... means that God afforded them , endea- voured to advance a reformation . And though God exposed them as a wood to be felled , to a slaughter of twenty , of forty , of sixty thousand in a day , yet Ille absconsio , He hath been our hiding ...
... means that God afforded them , endea- voured to advance a reformation . And though God exposed them as a wood to be felled , to a slaughter of twenty , of forty , of sixty thousand in a day , yet Ille absconsio , He hath been our hiding ...
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... means therein , that though he give us that comfort to sit and sing of our deliverance , yet he would not have us fall asleep with that music , but as when we contemplate his everlasting goodness , we celebrate that with a constant joy ...
... means therein , that though he give us that comfort to sit and sing of our deliverance , yet he would not have us fall asleep with that music , but as when we contemplate his everlasting goodness , we celebrate that with a constant joy ...
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... means of understanding ; for , as howsoever a man may forget the order of the letters , after he is come to read perfectly , and forget the rules of his grammar , after he is come to speak perfectly , yet by those letters , and by that ...
... means of understanding ; for , as howsoever a man may forget the order of the letters , after he is come to read perfectly , and forget the rules of his grammar , after he is come to speak perfectly , yet by those letters , and by that ...
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... means thee yet , that he speaks to thee now , if thou think he speak rather to some other , whose faith and good life thou pre- 10 1 Sam . xxiv . 15 ; 2 Sam ix . 8 12 Dan . iv . 19 . spouse , and to his children , 11 Dan . ii . 37 . 13 ...
... means thee yet , that he speaks to thee now , if thou think he speak rather to some other , whose faith and good life thou pre- 10 1 Sam . xxiv . 15 ; 2 Sam ix . 8 12 Dan . iv . 19 . spouse , and to his children , 11 Dan . ii . 37 . 13 ...
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... mean , that we should ever change this way , or depart from it , ( that any cross in this , should make us hearken after another religion ) it is not that we should not stick to it , but that we should not stick in it , nor loiter in ...
... mean , that we should ever change this way , or depart from it , ( that any cross in this , should make us hearken after another religion ) it is not that we should not stick to it , but that we should not stick in it , nor loiter in ...
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The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life;, Volume 1 Henry Alford,John Donne No preview available - 2017 |
The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life; Volume 1 Henry Alford,John Donne No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 414 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
Page 81 - I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 184 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 284 - And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 437 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Page 60 - Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Page 373 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel ; I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 18 - I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Page 206 - What shall we say then ? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law : for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Page 590 - The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.