The works of John Donne. With a memoir by H. Alford, Volume 51839 |
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... David , but not the son of Bathsheba , but of a better mother , the most blessed Virgin Mary . For , Solomon , in this text , is not a proper name , but an appellative ; a significative word : Solomon is pacificus , the peace - maker ...
... David , but not the son of Bathsheba , but of a better mother , the most blessed Virgin Mary . For , Solomon , in this text , is not a proper name , but an appellative ; a significative word : Solomon is pacificus , the peace - maker ...
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... David slew Goliah withal ; and lastly to be lapis Petra , such a stone as is a rock , and such a rock as no waters nor storms can remove or shake , these are benefits : Christ Jesus is a stone , no firmness but in him ; a fundamental ...
... David slew Goliah withal ; and lastly to be lapis Petra , such a stone as is a rock , and such a rock as no waters nor storms can remove or shake , these are benefits : Christ Jesus is a stone , no firmness but in him ; a fundamental ...
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... David , Domine respice in testamentum , O Lord , consider thy covenant " , if we can remember God of his covenant ... David , the stone with which David slew Goliah , and with which we may overcome all our enemies ; Sicut baculus crucis ...
... David , Domine respice in testamentum , O Lord , consider thy covenant " , if we can remember God of his covenant ... David , the stone with which David slew Goliah , and with which we may overcome all our enemies ; Sicut baculus crucis ...
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... David , ( thy attempted soul ) can put his hand into his bag ( as David did ) ( for Quid cor hominis nisi sac- culus Dei1 ? A man's heart is that bag in which God lays up all good directions ) if he can but take into his consideration ...
... David , ( thy attempted soul ) can put his hand into his bag ( as David did ) ( for Quid cor hominis nisi sac- culus Dei1 ? A man's heart is that bag in which God lays up all good directions ) if he can but take into his consideration ...
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... David's stone , giving us victory over our enemies , so he is a rock of stone , ( no affliction , no tribulation shall shake us ) . And so we have passed through all the benefits proposed to be considered in this first part , as Christ ...
... David's stone , giving us victory over our enemies , so he is a rock of stone , ( no affliction , no tribulation shall shake us ) . And so we have passed through all the benefits proposed to be considered in this first part , as Christ ...
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Page 276 - LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Page 194 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Page 610 - Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen ; and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Page 213 - Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications : and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Page 150 - Where is then the blessedness ye spake of ? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Page 1 - Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart...
Page 450 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 167 - Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord ? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.
Page 152 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 406 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.