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XXVI sermons. The third volume preached by that learned and reverend divine John Donne ...
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Donne, John, 1572-1631.
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the_o law_n of_o nature_n itself_o in_o expose_v herself_o to_o that_o danger_n how_o far_o humane_a law_n do_v bind_v the_o conscience_n how_o far_o they_o lie_v such_o a_o obligation_n upon_o we_o as_o that_o if_o we_o transgress_v they_o we_o do_v not_o only_o incur_v the_o penalty_n but_o sin_n towards_o god_n have_v be_v a_o perplex_a question_n in_o all_o time_n and_o in_o all_o place_n but_o how_o divers_a soever_o their_o opinion_n be_v in_o that_o they_o all_o agree_v in_o this_o that_o no_o law_n which_o have_v all_o the_o essential_a part_n of_o a_o law_n for_o law_n against_o god_n law_n beyond_o the_o power_n of_o he_o that_o pretend_v to_o make_v they_o be_v no_o law_n no_o law_n can_v be_v so_o mere_o a_o humane_a law_n but_o that_o there_o be_v in_o it_o a_o divine_a part_n there_o be_v in_o every_o humane_a law_n part_n of_o the_o law_n of_o god_n which_o be_v obedience_n to_o the_o superior_a that_o man_n can_v bind_v the_o conscience_n because_o he_o can_v judge_v the_o conscience_n nor_o he_o can_v absolve_v the_o conscience_n may_v be_v a_o good_a argument_n but_o in_o law_n make_v by_o that_o power_n which_o be_v ordain_v by_o god_n man_n bind_v not_o but_o god_n himself_o and_o then_o you_o must_v be_v subject_a not_o because_o of_o wrath_n but_o because_o of_o conscience_n though_o then_o the_o matter_n and_o subject_n of_o the_o law_n that_o which_o the_o law_n command_v or_o prohibit_n may_v be_v a_o indifferent_a action_n yet_o in_o all_o these_o god_n have_v his_o part_n and_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a divine_a soul_n and_o spark_n of_o god_n power_n which_o go_v through_o all_o law_n and_o inanimate_v they_o in_o all_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o church_n god_n have_v his_o voice_n ut_fw-la omne_fw-la ordine_fw-la fiant_fw-la that_o all_o thing_n be_v do_v decent_o and_o in_o order_n so_o the_o canon_n that_o ordain_v that_o be_v from_o god_n in_o all_o the_o other_o law_n he_o have_v his_o voice_n too_o ut_fw-la piè_fw-la &_o tranquillè_fw-la vivatur_fw-la that_o we_o may_v live_v peaceable_o and_o religious_o and_o so_o those_o law_n be_v from_o god_n and_o in_o all_o of_o all_o sort_n this_o voice_n of_o his_o sound_n evident_o qui_fw-la resistit_fw-la ordinationi_fw-la he_o that_o resist_v his_o commission_n his_o lieutenancy_n his_o authority_n in_o lawmaker_n appoint_v by_o he_o resist_v himself_o there_o be_v no_o law_n that_o be_v mere_o humane_a but_o only_o lex_fw-la in_o membris_fw-la the_o law_n in_o our_o flesh_n which_o rebel_v against_o the_o law_n in_o our_o mind_n and_o this_o be_v a_o rebellion_n a_o tyranny_n no_o lawful_a government_n in_o all_o true_a law_n god_n have_v his_o interest_n and_o the_o observe_n of_o they_o in_o that_o respect_n as_o make_v by_o his_o authority_n be_v a_o act_n of_o worship_n and_o obedience_n to_o he_o and_o the_o transgress_a of_o they_o with_o that_o relation_n that_o be_v a_o resist_a or_o undervalue_v of_o that_o authority_n be_v certain_o sin_n how_o then_o be_v esther_n act_v exempt_a from_o this_o for_o she_o go_v direct_o against_o a_o direct_a law_n that_o none_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o king_n uncalled_a whensoever_o divers_a law_n concur_v and_o meet_v together_o that_o law_n which_o come_v from_o the_o superior_a magistrate_n and_o be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n command_v high_a too_o that_o law_n must_v prevail_v if_o two_o law_n lie_v upon_o i_o and_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o obey_v both_o i_o must_v obey_v that_o which_o come_v immediate_o from_o the_o great_a power_n and_o impose_v the_o great_a duty_n here_o meet_v in_o she_o the_o fix_a and_o permanent_a law_n of_o promote_a god_n glory_n and_o a_o new_a law_n of_o the_o king_n to_o augment_v his_o greatness_n and_o majesty_n by_o this_o retiredness_n and_o deny_v of_o ordinary_a access_n to_o his_o person_n god_n law_n for_o his_o glory_n which_o be_v infinite_a and_o unsearchable_a and_o the_o king_n law_n for_o his_o ease_n of_o which_o she_o know_v the_o reason_n and_o the_o scope_n be_v in_o the_o balance_n together_o if_o this_o law_n of_o the_o king_n have_v be_v of_o any_o thing_n natural_o and_o essential_o evil_a in_o itself_o no_o circumstance_n can_v have_v deliver_v she_o from_o sin_n if_o she_o have_v do_v against_o it_o though_o the_o law_n be_v but_o concern_v a_o indifferent_a action_n and_o of_o no_o great_a importance_n yet_o because_o god_n authority_n be_v in_o every_o just_a law_n if_o she_o can_v not_o have_v be_v satisfy_v in_o her_o conscience_n that_o that_o law_n may_v admit_v a_o exception_n and_o a_o dispensation_n in_o her_o case_n she_o have_v sin_v in_o break_v it_o but_o when_o she_o proceed_v not_o upon_o any_o precipitation_n upon_o any_o singular_a or_o seditious_a spirit_n when_o she_o debate_v the_o matter_n temperate_o with_o a_o dispassioned_a man_n mordecai_n when_o she_o find_v a_o reservation_n even_o in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o law_n that_o if_o the_o king_n hold_v up_o his_o sceptre_n the_o law_n become_v no_o law_n to_o that_o party_n when_o she_o may_v just_o think_v herself_o out_o of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v as_o josephus_n deliver_v it_o ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la ex_fw-la domesticis_fw-la accederet_fw-la that_o none_o of_o his_o servant_n shall_v come_v into_o his_o presence_n uncalled_a she_o be_v then_o come_v to_o that_o which_o only_o can_v excuse_v and_o justify_v the_o break_n of_o any_o law_n that_o be_v a_o probable_a if_o not_o a_o certain_a assurance_n contract_v bona_fw-la fide_fw-la in_o a_o rectify_a conscience_n that_o if_o this_o present_a case_n which_o make_v we_o break_v this_o law_n have_v be_v know_v and_o consider_v when_o the_o law_n be_v make_v he_o that_o make_v the_o law_n will_v have_v make_v provision_n for_o this_o case_n no_o presume_v of_o a_o pardon_n when_o the_o law_n be_v break_v no_o dispensation_n give_v before_o hand_n to_o break_v it_o can_v settle_v the_o conscience_n nor_o any_o other_o way_n than_o a_o declaration_n well_o ground_v that_o that_o particular_a case_n be_v never_o intend_v to_o have_v be_v compose_v in_o that_o law_n nor_o the_o reason_n and_o purpose_n thereof_o so_o when_o the_o conscience_n of_o esther_n be_v and_o so_o when_o the_o conscience_n of_o any_o particular_a christian_a be_v after_o due_a consideration_n of_o the_o matter_n come_v to_o a_o religious_a and_o temperate_a assurance_n that_o he_o may_v break_v any_o law_n his_o assurance_n must_v be_v ground_v upon_o this_o that_o if_o that_o law_n be_v now_o to_o be_v make_v that_o case_n which_o he_o have_v present_o in_o hand_n will_v not_o be_v include_v by_o he_o that_o make_v that_o law_n in_o that_o law_n otherwise_o to_o violate_v a_o law_n either_o because_o be_v but_o a_o humane_a law_n i_o think_v i_o be_o discharge_v pay_v the_o penalty_n or_o because_o i_o have_v good_a mean_n to_o the_o king_n i_o may_v presume_v of_o a_o pardon_n in_o all_o case_n where_o my_o privilege_n work_v any_o other_o way_n then_o as_o we_o have_v say_v that_o be_v that_o our_o case_n be_v not_o intend_v in_o that_o law_n it_o have_v be_v in_o esther_n it_o shall_v be_v in_o we_o a_o sin_n to_o transgress_v any_o law_n though_o of_o a_o law-nature_n and_o of_o a_o indifferent_a action_n but_o upon_o those_o circumstance_n which_o we_o mention_v before_o esther_n may_v see_v that_o that_o law_n admit_v some_o exception_n and_o that_o no_o exception_n be_v likely_a than_o this_o that_o the_o king_n for_o all_o his_o majestical_a reservedness_n will_v be_v content_a to_o receive_v information_n of_o such_o a_o dishonour_n do_v to_o his_o queen_n and_o to_o her_o god_n she_o may_v just_o think_v that_o that_o law_n intend_v only_o for_o the_o king_n ease_n or_o his_o state_n reach_v not_o to_o her_o person_n who_o be_v his_o wife_n nor_o to_o her_o case_n which_o be_v the_o destruction_n of_o all_o that_o profess_v her_o religion_n it_o be_v then_o no_o sin_n in_o she_o to_o go_v in_o to_o the_o king_n peream_fw-la si_fw-mi peream_fw-la though_o not_o according_a to_o the_o law_n but_o she_o may_v seem_v to_o have_v sin_v in_o expose_v herself_o to_o so_o certain_a a_o danger_n as_o that_o law_n inflict_v with_o such_o a_o resolution_n si_fw-mi peream_fw-la peream_fw-la if_o i_o perish_v i_o perish_v how_o far_o a_o man_n may_v lawful_o and_o with_o a_o good_a conscience_n forsake_v himself_o and_o expose_v himself_o to_o danger_n be_v a_o point_n of_o too_o much_o largeness_n and_o intricacy_n and_o perplexity_n to_o handle_v now_o the_o general_a stream_n of_o casuist_n run_v thus_o that_o a_o private_a man_n may_v lawful_o expose_v himself_o to_o certain_a danger_n for_o the_o preserve_n of_o the_o magistrate_n or_o of_o a_o superior_a person_n and_o that_o reason_n may_v have_v justify_v esther_n enterprise_n if_o
primitive_a church_n they_o fix_v certain_a time_n for_o give_v order_n and_o make_v minister_n they_o appoint_v fast_n at_o those_o time_n when_o they_o fix_v certain_a time_n for_o solemn_a baptism_n as_o they_o do_v easter_n and_o whitsuntide_n they_o appoint_v fast_n then_o too_o and_o so_o they_o do_v in_o their_o solemn_a and_o public_a penance_n so_o also_o when_o christian_n increase_v in_o number_n and_o that_o therefore_o beside_o the_o sabbath-day_n they_o use_v to_o call_v they_o to_o church_n and_o to_o give_v the_o sacrament_n upon_o other_o day_n too_o as_o soon_o as_o wednesday_n and_o friday_n be_v appoint_v for_o that_o purpose_n for_o the_o sacrament_n they_o be_v appoint_v to_o be_v fast_v too_o and_o therefore_o when_o st._n cyril_n say_v cyril_n cyril_n vis_fw-fr tibi_fw-la ostendam_fw-la quale_fw-la jejunare_fw-la debes_fw-la jejunium_fw-la jejuna_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la peccato_fw-la shall_v i_o tell_v you_o what_o fast_o god_n look_v for_o at_o your_o hand_n fast_o from_o sin_n yet_o this_o be_v not_o all_o the_o fast_v that_o he_o exact_v though_o it_o be_v indeed_o the_o effect_n and_o accomplishment_n of_o all_o but_o he_o add_v non_fw-la ideo_fw-la hoc_fw-la dicimus_fw-la we_o say_v not_o this_o say_v he_o because_o we_o will_v give_v liberty_n habemus_fw-la enim_fw-la quadragesimum_fw-la &_o quartum_fw-la &_o sextum_fw-la hebdomadae_fw-la diem_fw-la quibus_fw-la solemniter_fw-la jejunamus_fw-la we_o have_v a_o fix_a lent_n to_o fast_v in_o and_o we_o have_v wednesdays_n and_o friday_n fix_v to_o fast_o in_o in_o all_o time_n god_n people_n have_v fix_v and_o limit_v fast_n beside_o these_o fast_n which_o be_v enjoin_v upon_o emergent_a danger_n as_o this_o of_o ester_n in_o which_o there_o be_v a_o hard_a circumstance_n than_o this_o that_o it_o be_v a_o fast_o limit_v to_o certain_a day_n for_o it_o be_v jejunate_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o fast_o you_o for_o i_o and_o these_o word_n may_v seem_v to_o give_v some_o colour_n some_o countenance_n to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o roman_a church_n that_o the_o merit_n of_o one_o man_n may_v be_v apply_v to_o another_o which_o doctrine_n be_v the_o foundation_n of_o indulgence_n and_o the_o fuel_n of_o purgatory_n in_o which_o they_o go_v so_o far_o as_o to_o say_v that_o one_o may_v fee_v a_o attorney_n to_o satisfy_v god_n for_o he_o he_o may_v procure_v another_o man_n to_o fast_o grether_n grether_n or_o do_v other_o work_n of_o mortification_n for_o he_o and_o he_o that_o do_v so_o for_o his_o client_n sanguinem_fw-la pro_fw-la sanguine_fw-la christo_fw-la reddit_fw-la he_o pay_v christ_n his_o blood_n again_o and_o give_v he_o as_o much_o as_o he_o receive_v from_o he_o and_o more_o deum_fw-la sibi_fw-la debitorem_fw-la efficit_fw-la he_o bring_v god_n into_o his_o debt_n and_o may_v turn_v that_o dept_z upon_o who_o he_o will_v and_o god_n must_v wipe_v off_o so_o much_o of_o the_o other_o man_n score_n to_o who_o he_o intend_v it_o they_o go_v beyond_o this_o too_o that_o satisfaction_n may_v be_v make_v to_o god_n even_o by_o ourselves_o after_o our_o death_n as_o they_o say_v when_o they_o have_v bring_v maximilian_n the_o emperor_n to_o that_o mortification_n that_o he_o command_v upon_o his_o deathbed_n that_o his_o body_n shall_v be_v whip_v after_o he_o be_v dead_a that_o purpose_n of_o he_o though_o it_o be_v not_o execute_v be_v a_o satisfaction_n of_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n and_o as_o error_n can_v find_v no_o place_n to_o stop_v at_o they_o go_v yet_o far_o when_o they_o extend_v this_o power_n of_o satisfaction_n even_o to_o hell_n itself_o by_o authorise_v those_o fable_n that_o a_o dead_a man_n which_o appear_v and_o say_v he_o be_v damn_v be_v by_o this_o flagellation_n by_o his_o friend_n whip_v of_o himself_o in_o his_o behalf_n bring_v to_o repentance_n in_o hell_n and_o so_o to_o faith_n in_o hell_n and_o so_o to_o salvation_n in_o hell_n but_o in_o the_o word_n of_o esther_n here_o be_v no_o intimation_n of_o this_o heresy_n when_o queen_n esther_n appoint_v other_o to_o fast_v for_o she_o she_o know_v she_o can_v no_o more_o be_v the_o better_a for_o their_o fast_n than_o she_o can_v be_v the_o lean_a or_o in_o the_o better_a health_n for_o it_o but_o because_o she_o be_v to_o have_v benefit_n by_o the_o subsequent_a act_n by_o their_o prayer_n she_o provoke_v they_o to_o that_o by_o which_o their_o prayer_n may_v be_v the_o more_o acceptable_a and_o effectual_a that_o be_v to_o fast_v and_o so_o because_o the_o whole_a action_n be_v for_o she_o and_o her_o good_a success_n in_o that_o enterprise_n they_o be_v in_o that_o sense_n proper_o say_v to_o have_v fast_v for_o she_o so_o that_o this_o jejunate_a super_fw-la i_o as_o the_o word_n be_v gnalai_n super_fw-la i_o in_o my_o behalf_n be_v no_o more_o but_o orate_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o hier._n hier._n pray_v for_o i_o and_o so_o saint_n hierom_n translate_v these_o word_n orate_fw-la pro_fw-la i_o pray_v for_o i_o and_o therefore_o since_o prayer_n be_v the_o way_n which_o god_n have_v give_v we_o to_o batter_v heaven_n whether_o facta_fw-la manu_fw-la deum_fw-la oramus_fw-la tertul._n tertul._n &_o vim_o gratum_fw-la ei_fw-la facimus_fw-la whether_o we_o besiege_v god_n with_o our_o prayer_n in_o these_o public_a congregation_n or_o whether_o we_o wrestle_v with_o he_o hand_n to_o hand_n in_o our_o chamber_n in_o the_o battle_n of_o a_o trouble_a conscience_n let_v we_o live_v sober_o and_o moderate_o and_o in_o bello_fw-la and_o in_o duello_n here_o in_o the_o congregation_n and_o at_o home_n in_o our_o private_a colluctation_n we_o shall_v be_v the_o likely_a to_o prevail_v with_o god_n for_o though_o we_o receive_v assistance_n from_o the_o prayer_n of_o other_o that_o must_v not_o make_v we_o lazy_a in_o our_o own_o behalf_n which_o be_v esther_n last_o preparation_n she_o bid_v all_o the_o people_n fast_o for_o she_o that_o be_v for_o the_o good_a success_n of_o her_o good_a purpose_n but_o not_o the_o people_n alone_o she_o and_o her_o own_o maid_n will_v fast_o likewise_o qui_fw-la fecit_fw-la te_fw-la sine_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la salvabit_fw-la te_fw-la sine_fw-la te_fw-la ancill_n ego_fw-la &_o ancill_n be_v a_o say_n of_o saint_n augustine_n never_o too_o often_o repeat_v and_o god_n and_o his_o church_n be_v of_o one_o mind_n for_o the_o church_n that_o do_v baptise_v thou_o without_o thy_o ask_n will_v not_o fast_o for_o thou_o nor_o pray_v for_o thou_o without_o thou_o fast_o and_o pray_v for_o thyself_o as_o in_o spiritual_a thing_n charity_n begin_v with_o ourselves_o and_o i_o be_o bind_v to_o wish_v my_o own_o salvation_n rather_o than_o any_o other_o man_n so_o i_o be_o bind_v to_o trust_v to_o my_o make_n sure_o of_o my_o salvation_n by_o that_o which_o i_o do_v myself_o rather_o than_o by_o that_o which_o i_o procure_v other_o to_o do_v for_o i_o domus_fw-la dei_fw-la domus_fw-la orationis_fw-la we_o have_v inestimable_a profit_n by_o the_o public_a prayer_n of_o the_o church_n the_o house_n of_o god_n but_o as_o there_o be_v deus_fw-mi &_o domus_fw-la ejus_fw-la so_o there_o must_v be_v ego_fw-la &_o domus_fw-la mea_fw-la i_o and_o my_o house_n will_v serve_v the_o lord_n 15._o jos_n ult_n 15._o i_o also_o and_o my_o maid_n will_v fast_o likewise_o say_v esther_n in_o her_o great_a enterprise_n for_o that_o which_o the_o original_a express_v here_o by_o gnalai_n for_o i_o the_o chalde_a paraphrase_n express_v by_o gnimmi_n with_o i_o she_o be_v as_o well_o to_o fast_o as_o they_o it_o be_v a_o great_a confidence_n in_o that_o priest_n that_o comfort_v saint_n augustine_n mother_n fieri_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la filius_fw-la istarum_fw-la lachrymarum_fw-la pereat_fw-la it_o be_v impossible_a that_o the_o son_n for_o who_o so_o good_a a_o mother_n have_v pour_v out_o so_o devout_a tear_n shall_v perish_v at_o last_o it_o be_v a_o confidence_n which_o no_o man_n may_v take_v to_o himself_o to_o go_v to_o heaven_n by_o that_o water_n the_o tear_n of_o other_o man_n but_o tu_fw-la &_o domus_fw-la tua_fw-la do_v thou_o and_o thy_o house_n serve_v the_o lord_n teach_v thy_o own_o eye_n to_o weep_v thy_o own_o body_n to_o fulfil_v the_o suffering_n of_o christ_n thy_o own_o appetite_n to_o fast_o thy_o own_o heart_n and_o thy_o own_o tongue_n to_o pray_v come_v and_o participate_v of_o the_o devotion_n of_o the_o church_n but_o yet_o also_o in_o thy_o chapel_n of_o ease_n in_o thy_o own_o bedchamber_n provide_v that_o thyself_o and_o thy_o servant_n all_o thy_o sense_n and_o all_o thy_o faculty_n may_v also_o fast_o and_o pray_v and_o so_o go_v with_o a_o religious_a confidence_n as_o esther_n do_v about_o all_o thy_o other_o worldly_a business_n and_o undertake_n this_o be_v her_o preparation_n her_o devotion_n have_v two_o branch_n part._n 2._o part._n she_o be_v to_o transgress_v a_o positive_a law_n a_o law_n of_o the_o state_n and_o she_o neglect_v