The Works of John Donne: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 3Parker, 1839 - Sermons, English |
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... sickness , with disgrace , and if he see no other cover safe , cover thee with the cloud of death , and the grave , all is to cover thee from the tempter , and thereby to preserve thee for himself , which is our second part , Thou art ...
... sickness , with disgrace , and if he see no other cover safe , cover thee with the cloud of death , and the grave , all is to cover thee from the tempter , and thereby to preserve thee for himself , which is our second part , Thou art ...
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... sickness , as the licentious man is ; he refuses none , to come to his ends . Neither is there any tree so loaded with boughs , any one sin that hath so many branches , so many species as this . Shedding of blood we can limit in murder ...
... sickness , as the licentious man is ; he refuses none , to come to his ends . Neither is there any tree so loaded with boughs , any one sin that hath so many branches , so many species as this . Shedding of blood we can limit in murder ...
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... sickness , with dishonour , with loss of parents , and children , but with that rod of wire , with that scorpion , to punish sin with sin , Lord , scourge me not , for then how shall I enter into thy rest ? And this is the condition of ...
... sickness , with dishonour , with loss of parents , and children , but with that rod of wire , with that scorpion , to punish sin with sin , Lord , scourge me not , for then how shall I enter into thy rest ? And this is the condition of ...
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... sickness , or poverty , he cannot multiply our sins for the present , than by his multiplying - glass , he multiplies the sins of our former times , and presents them greater , than even the mercies of God , or the merits of Christ ...
... sickness , or poverty , he cannot multiply our sins for the present , than by his multiplying - glass , he multiplies the sins of our former times , and presents them greater , than even the mercies of God , or the merits of Christ ...
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... sickness , loss , shame , pain , banishment , im- prisonment , ( which are all swords of his ) but he says to them all , Sercate mihi Absalom , That soul that I have bought with my blood , preserve for me ; fight but against mine ...
... sickness , loss , shame , pain , banishment , im- prisonment , ( which are all swords of his ) but he says to them all , Sercate mihi Absalom , That soul that I have bought with my blood , preserve for me ; fight but against mine ...
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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.