The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 3Parker, 1839 - Sermons, English |
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... received such an indifferent interpretation , and are left in suspense , whether they be to be understood of the church in general , or of particular souls ; and of this nature and number is this text , Thou art my hiding place , & c ...
... received such an indifferent interpretation , and are left in suspense , whether they be to be understood of the church in general , or of particular souls ; and of this nature and number is this text , Thou art my hiding place , & c ...
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... receive a public accommodation to the church , and a more particular application to ourselves . We enter into these considerations , with this observation , that as God himself is eternal and cannot be considered in the dis- tinction of ...
... receive a public accommodation to the church , and a more particular application to ourselves . We enter into these considerations , with this observation , that as God himself is eternal and cannot be considered in the dis- tinction of ...
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... receive instruc- tion , instruction how to praise him . Therefore doth the Holy Ghost return so often to this catechistical way , instruction , insti- tution , as to propose so many Psalms , expressly under that title purposely to that ...
... receive instruc- tion , instruction how to praise him . Therefore doth the Holy Ghost return so often to this catechistical way , instruction , insti- tution , as to propose so many Psalms , expressly under that title purposely to that ...
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... receive it not , it is only his , and not my fault . And so this first part is an instruc- tion de credendis , of such things , as by God's rectifying of our understanding , we are bound to believe . And then in a second part , there ...
... receive it not , it is only his , and not my fault . And so this first part is an instruc- tion de credendis , of such things , as by God's rectifying of our understanding , we are bound to believe . And then in a second part , there ...
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... receive it but thou . Thou art so necessary to God , as that God had no utterance , no exercise , no employment for ... receiving grace , if thou degenerate so from a man to a beast , thou shalt not rest there in the state and nature of ...
... receive it but thou . Thou art so necessary to God , as that God had no utterance , no exercise , no employment for ... receiving grace , if thou degenerate so from a man to a beast , thou shalt not rest there in the state and nature of ...
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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.