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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... blessings ; yea , before this he sought thee , when thou wast no where , nothing , he brought thee then , the greatest step of all , from being nothing , to be a creature ; how early did he seek thee , when he sought thee in Adam's ...
... blessings ; yea , before this he sought thee , when thou wast no where , nothing , he brought thee then , the greatest step of all , from being nothing , to be a creature ; how early did he seek thee , when he sought thee in Adam's ...
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... Blessed are they that have believed , and have not seen : they had salvation brought nearer unto them by their believing ; but yet Christ speaks of another manner of blessedness conferred upon his disciples , Blessed are your eyes for ...
... Blessed are they that have believed , and have not seen : they had salvation brought nearer unto them by their believing ; but yet Christ speaks of another manner of blessedness conferred upon his disciples , Blessed are your eyes for ...
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... blessed Spirit , that must unite and confirm all , and make up this spiritual man in the ways of sanctification ; for without that , his body , that is , his being born within the covenant , and his soul , that is , his having received ...
... blessed Spirit , that must unite and confirm all , and make up this spiritual man in the ways of sanctification ; for without that , his body , that is , his being born within the covenant , and his soul , that is , his having received ...
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... blessed degree of rest , in the credidi , a happy assurance in the strength of faith here , but yet there remaineth a rest better than that ; and therefore says that apostle there , Let us labour to enter into that rest ; as though we ...
... blessed degree of rest , in the credidi , a happy assurance in the strength of faith here , but yet there remaineth a rest better than that ; and therefore says that apostle there , Let us labour to enter into that rest ; as though we ...
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... blessings were but in the way of earnest , and not of payment ; as though every benefit that he gave , were a new obligation upon him , and not an acquittance to him ; he delights to give where he hath given , as though his former gifts ...
... blessings were but in the way of earnest , and not of payment ; as though every benefit that he gave , were a new obligation upon him , and not an acquittance to him ; he delights to give where he hath given , as though his former gifts ...
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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.