The works of John Donne. With a memoir by H. Alford, Volume 61839 |
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... whole mines , books written by philosophers , and a man may grow rich in that metal , in that virtue , by digging in that mine , in the precepts of moral men ; of this gold ( this virtue of repentance ) there is no mine in the earth ...
... whole mines , books written by philosophers , and a man may grow rich in that metal , in that virtue , by digging in that mine , in the precepts of moral men ; of this gold ( this virtue of repentance ) there is no mine in the earth ...
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... whole church of God : present that which belongs to the understanding , to that faculty , and the understanding is not presently settled in it ; present any of the prophecies made in the captivity , and a Jew's understanding takes them ...
... whole church of God : present that which belongs to the understanding , to that faculty , and the understanding is not presently settled in it ; present any of the prophecies made in the captivity , and a Jew's understanding takes them ...
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... whole church , ( as it is almost an incomprehensible thing , that in so few years he made us of the Reformation , equal even in number to our adversaries of the Roman church , ) if thy memory have not held that picture of our general ...
... whole church , ( as it is almost an incomprehensible thing , that in so few years he made us of the Reformation , equal even in number to our adversaries of the Roman church , ) if thy memory have not held that picture of our general ...
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... whole sheaves , whether thy increase be by little and little , or apace ; ) and offer thyself , as primitias panum , when thou hast kneaded up riches , and honour , and favour in a settled and established fortune , offer at thy Easter ...
... whole sheaves , whether thy increase be by little and little , or apace ; ) and offer thyself , as primitias panum , when thou hast kneaded up riches , and honour , and favour in a settled and established fortune , offer at thy Easter ...
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... whole course of thy time ) is disordered with passions , and perturbations ; when thy book ( the history of thy life , ) is torn , a thousand sins of thine own torn out of thy memory , wilt thou then present thyself thus defaced and ...
... whole course of thy time ) is disordered with passions , and perturbations ; when thy book ( the history of thy life , ) is torn , a thousand sins of thine own torn out of thy memory , wilt thou then present thyself thus defaced and ...
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Page 554 - A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, no...
Page 548 - 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...
Page 5 - I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
Page 118 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed then Eve. And Adam was not deceived ; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Page 87 - And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight : and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Page 43 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 448 - Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so, For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy...
Page 546 - Burn off my rusts, and my deformity, Restore thine Image, so much, by thy grace, That thou may'st know me, and I'll turn my face.
Page 555 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the center sit, Yet when the .other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must, Like th' other foot, obliquely run: Thy firmness makes my circle just, And makes me end where I begun.
Page 17 - LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; defend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.