The Works of John Donne, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's, 1621-1631: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 6J.W. Parker, 1839 |
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... actions , and of some particular persons , that we would fain love them , and cannot ? when we can object nothing against it , when we can multiply arguments , why should we love them , yet we cannot but it is not so towards God ; every ...
... actions , and of some particular persons , that we would fain love them , and cannot ? when we can object nothing against it , when we can multiply arguments , why should we love them , yet we cannot but it is not so towards God ; every ...
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... in all professions , in all nations , in all vocations , when all our actions in our several 14 Deut . xxx . 11 13 John i . 34 . courses are directed principally upon his glory , Christ is 12 [ SER . CXLVII . PREACHED AT DENMARK HOUSE .
... in all professions , in all nations , in all vocations , when all our actions in our several 14 Deut . xxx . 11 13 John i . 34 . courses are directed principally upon his glory , Christ is 12 [ SER . CXLVII . PREACHED AT DENMARK HOUSE .
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... action ; so in particular , Ecil shall come upon thee , and thou shalt not know , shakrah , the morning , the beginning of it ' ; and therefore this text is elegantly translated by one , Auro- rantes ad me , They that have their break ...
... action ; so in particular , Ecil shall come upon thee , and thou shalt not know , shakrah , the morning , the beginning of it ' ; and therefore this text is elegantly translated by one , Auro- rantes ad me , They that have their break ...
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... actions of princes , war , and peace , and treaties ) frustra sunt , they are good for nothing , they are nothing , if they be not showed and tried by this light , by the love and preservation of the Gospel of Christ Jesus : God made ...
... actions of princes , war , and peace , and treaties ) frustra sunt , they are good for nothing , they are nothing , if they be not showed and tried by this light , by the love and preservation of the Gospel of Christ Jesus : God made ...
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... actions begun with this consideration of the Gospel ; since all other things are made by this light , that is , all have rela- tion to the continuance of the Gospel , since God hath given us such a head , as is sharp - sighted in seeing ...
... actions begun with this consideration of the Gospel ; since all other things are made by this light , that is , all have rela- tion to the continuance of the Gospel , since God hath given us such a head , as is sharp - sighted in seeing ...
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Page 174 - But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee...
Page 60 - And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
Page 255 - Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
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 548 - Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won 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 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 553 - Come, live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove, Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.
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 232 - But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you : and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth.
Page 53 - And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.