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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... earth which treads upon thee , must return to that earth which thou treadest upon , thy body , that loads thee , and oppresses thee to the grave , and thy spirit to him that gave it . And when the Sabbath - day hath also remem- bered ...
... earth which treads upon thee , must return to that earth which thou treadest upon , thy body , that loads thee , and oppresses thee to the grave , and thy spirit to him that gave it . And when the Sabbath - day hath also remem- bered ...
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... earth to record this day , that I have set before you life and death ; choose life " : if this choice like you not , If it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , saith Joshua , then choose ye this day whom ye will serve . Here is the ...
... earth to record this day , that I have set before you life and death ; choose life " : if this choice like you not , If it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , saith Joshua , then choose ye this day whom ye will serve . Here is the ...
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... earth , but we must remember what he did ante principium , before any such beginning was . Moses ' in principio , that beginning , the creation we can remem- ber ; but St. John's in principio , that beginning , eternity , we cannot ; we ...
... earth , but we must remember what he did ante principium , before any such beginning was . Moses ' in principio , that beginning , the creation we can remem- ber ; but St. John's in principio , that beginning , eternity , we cannot ; we ...
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... earth ; and women above stairs , that is , degrees of glory in the triumphant church . To them that are lodged in those out- houses , out of the covenant out of the church , salvation comes sometimes , God doth save some of them : but ...
... earth ; and women above stairs , that is , degrees of glory in the triumphant church . To them that are lodged in those out- houses , out of the covenant out of the church , salvation comes sometimes , God doth save some of them : but ...
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... earth , shall be bound or loosed in heaven ; there is more physic , than in all the expiations and sacrifices of the old law . There an expiation would serve to - day , which would not serve to - morrow ; if it were omitted till the sun ...
... earth , shall be bound or loosed in heaven ; there is more physic , than in all the expiations and sacrifices of the old law . There an expiation would serve to - day , which would not serve to - morrow ; if it were omitted till the sun ...
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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.