The works of John Donne. With a memoir by H. Alford, Volume 51839 |
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... poor , in his almoner , and health to the diseased , by his imme- diate touch , dead : that hand that balanced his own three king- doms so equally , as that none of them complained of one another , nor of him , and carried the keys of ...
... poor , in his almoner , and health to the diseased , by his imme- diate touch , dead : that hand that balanced his own three king- doms so equally , as that none of them complained of one another , nor of him , and carried the keys of ...
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... poor soul , as that he should rather bring Christian mysteries into scorn , than him to a belief . For , that man , if you proceed so , Believe all , or you burn in hell , would find an easy , an obvious way to escape all ; that is ...
... poor soul , as that he should rather bring Christian mysteries into scorn , than him to a belief . For , that man , if you proceed so , Believe all , or you burn in hell , would find an easy , an obvious way to escape all ; that is ...
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... poor snuff , that is almost out in thee , thy faint and dim know- ledge of God , that riseth out of this light of nature , if thou canst in those embers , those cold ashes , find out one small coal , and wilt take the pains to kneel ...
... poor snuff , that is almost out in thee , thy faint and dim know- ledge of God , that riseth out of this light of nature , if thou canst in those embers , those cold ashes , find out one small coal , and wilt take the pains to kneel ...
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... poor ; in this are we the more miserable , that we cannot see their ends , that there is none of this denudation , this laying open of our- selves to one another , which shall accompany that state of glory , where we shall see one ...
... poor ; in this are we the more miserable , that we cannot see their ends , that there is none of this denudation , this laying open of our- selves to one another , which shall accompany that state of glory , where we shall see one ...
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... Poor bankrupt ! that hast sinned out thy soul so profusely , so lavishly , that thou darest not cast up thine accounts , thou darest not ask thyself whether thou have any soul left ; how far art thou , from giving any testimony to ...
... Poor bankrupt ! that hast sinned out thy soul so profusely , so lavishly , that thou darest not cast up thine accounts , thou darest not ask thyself whether thou have any soul left ; how far art thou , from giving any testimony to ...
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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.