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A36296 Fifty sermons. The second volume preached by that learned and reverend divine, John Donne ... Donne, John, 1572-1631. 1649 (1649) Wing D1862; ESTC R32764 817,703 525

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though_o he_o feed_v upon_o our_o dead_a dust_n and_o detain_v our_o body_n in_o the_o disconsolate_a state_n of_o the_o grave_n yet_o as_o the_o godhead_n the_o divine_a nature_n do_v not_o depart_v from_o the_o body_n of_o christ_n when_o it_o lay_v dead_a in_o the_o grave_n so_o neither_o do_v the_o love_n and_o power_n of_o god_n depart_v from_o the_o body_n of_o a_o christian_a though_o resolve_v to_o dust_n in_o the_o grave_n but_z in_o his_o due_a time_n shall_v recollect_v that_o dust_n and_o recompact_v that_o body_n and_o reunite_v that_o soul_n in_o everlasting_a joy_n and_o glory_n and_o till_o then_o the_o serpent_n live_v till_o the_o judgement_n satan_n have_v power_n upon_o that_o part_n of_o man_n and_o that_o be_v the_o serpent_n life_n first_o to_o practice_v our_o death_n and_o then_o to_o hold_v we_o in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a till_o than_o we_o attend_v with_o hope_n and_o with_o prayer_n god_n holy_a pleasure_n upon_o we_o and_o then_o begin_v the_o unchangeable_a state_n in_o our_o life_n in_o body_n and_o soul_n together_o than_o we_o begin_v to_o live_v and_o then_o end_v the_o serpent_n life_n that_o be_v his_o earnest_a practice_n upon_o we_o in_o our_o life_n and_o his_o faint_a triumph_n in_o continue_v over_o our_o dust_n that_o time_n 28._o the_o time_n of_o the_o general_a resurrection_n be_v not_o yet_o come_v the_o devil_n think_v themselves_o wrong_v and_o complain_v that_o christ_n come_v before_o the_o time_n to_o torment_v they_o and_o therefore_o christ_n yield_v so_o much_o to_o their_o importunity_n as_o to_o give_v they_o leave_v to_o enter_v into_o the_o swine_n and_o therefore_o let_v not_o we_o murmur_v