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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... true , that Christ in the beginning of this chapter , shadowed under the name of Wisdom , when he discovers where he may be found , speaks in the person of human wisdom as well as divine , Doth not wisdom cry , and understanding utter ...
... true , that Christ in the beginning of this chapter , shadowed under the name of Wisdom , when he discovers where he may be found , speaks in the person of human wisdom as well as divine , Doth not wisdom cry , and understanding utter ...
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... true that in that commandment of his , Primum quærite regnum Dei ; First seek the kingdom of God ; the primum is not to prevent God , that we should seek it before he shows it , that is impossible ; without the light of grace we dwell ...
... true that in that commandment of his , Primum quærite regnum Dei ; First seek the kingdom of God ; the primum is not to prevent God , that we should seek it before he shows it , that is impossible ; without the light of grace we dwell ...
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... true shape to him ; to him that repents by night , on his death- bed , neither his own sins , nor the mercies of God have their true proportion . Fool , says Christ , this night they will fetch away thy soul ; but he neither tells him ...
... true shape to him ; to him that repents by night , on his death- bed , neither his own sins , nor the mercies of God have their true proportion . Fool , says Christ , this night they will fetch away thy soul ; but he neither tells him ...
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... true light , that lighteth every man into the world . This is then our first day the true passion of Christ Jesus . God made light first , that the other creatures might be seen ; Frustra essent si non viderentur 12 , It had been to no ...
... true light , that lighteth every man into the world . This is then our first day the true passion of Christ Jesus . God made light first , that the other creatures might be seen ; Frustra essent si non viderentur 12 , It had been to no ...
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... true religion should be esta- blished , and continue , and darkness utterly removed ; and then and not till then , ( till this was done , light severed from darkness ) there was a day ; and since God hath given us this day , the ...
... true religion should be esta- blished , and continue , and darkness utterly removed ; and then and not till then , ( till this was done , light severed from darkness ) there was a day ; and since God hath given us this day , the ...
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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.