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Devotions vpon emergent occasions and seuerall steps in my sicknes digested into I. Meditations vpon our humane condition, 2. Expostulations, and debatements with God, 3. Prayers, vpon the seuerall occasions, to Him / by Iohn Donne ...
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Donne, John, 1572-1631.
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againe Hee that collects both calls this feare the root of wisdome And that it may embrace all hee caâ—ls it wisedome it selfe A wise man therefore is neuer without it neuer without the exercise of it Therefore thou sentâ—st Moses to thy people That they might learneâ— feare thee all the dayes â— their liues not in heâ—â—uy and calamitous buâ— in good and cheerfâ—â— dayes too for Noâ—â— who had assurance 〈◊〉 his deliuerance yet mâ—â—ued with feare preparâ— an Arke for the sauingâ— his house A wise man 〈◊〉 feare in euery thing Anâ— thâ—refore though I prâ—â—tend to no other degreâ— of wisedome I am aâ—bundantly rich in thiâ— that I lye heere posseâ—â— with that feare which â—s thy feare both that â—his sicknesse is thy immediate correction and â—ot meerely a naturall â—ccident and therefore â—earefull because it is a â—earefull thing to fall into â—hy hands and thâ—t this â—eare preserues me from all inordinate feare arising out of the infirmiâ—ie of Nature because â—hy hand being vpon me thou wilt neuer let me fall out of thy hand 6. PRAYER O Most mightie God 〈◊〉 mercifull God 〈◊〉 God of all true sorrow 〈◊〉 true ioy to of all feare â— of al hope to as thou haâ—â— giuen me a Repentanâ—â— not to be repented of 〈◊〉 giue me O Lord a feaâ—â— of which I may not bâ— afraid Giue me tendeâ— and supple and confoâ—â—mable affections that 〈◊〉 I ioy with them that iâ—â— and mourne with them that mourne so I maâ— feare with them that feare And since thou hast vouchsafed to discouer to me in his feare whom thou hast admitâ—ed to be my assistance â—n this sickenesse that â—here is danger therein â—et me not O Lord go aâ—out to ouercome the sense of that fear so far as to pretermit the fitting and preparing of my selfe for the worst â—hat may bee feard the passage out of this life Many of thy blessed Martyrs haue passed out of this life without aâ—â— showe of feare But thâ— most blessed Sonne himâ—selfe did not so Tâ—â— Martys were knownâ— be but men and therfoâ—â— it pleased thee to fill tâ—â— with thy Spirit and thâ— power in that they dâ—â— more then Men Thy Sâ—â— was declard by thee 〈◊〉 by himselfe to be Gâ—â— and it was requisite thâ—â— he should declare himâ—selfe to be Man also iâ— the weaknesses of maâ—â— Let mee not therefoâ—â— O my God bee ashameâ— of these feares but let me feele them to determine where his feare â—id in a present submitâ—ing of all to thy will And when thou shalt â—aue inflamd thawd my former coldnesses â—nd indeuotions with â—hese heats and quenchâ—d my former heates with these sweats and â—nundations and rectified my former preâ—umptions and negligences with these fears â—ee pleased O Lord as one made so by thee to thinke me fit for thâ—â— And whether it be thâ— pleasure to dispose 〈◊〉 this body this garmeâ—â— so aâ— to put it to a faâ—â—ther wearing in thâ— world or to lay it vp iâ— the common wardrope thâ— graue for the next gloâ—rifie thy selfe in thâ— choyce now glorifâ—â— it then with that glory which thy Son our Sâ—â—uiour Christ Iesus hatâ— purchased for them whome thou makeâ— partakers of his Resuâ—â—rection Amen 7. Socios sibi iungier instat The Phisician desires to haue others ioyned with him 7. MEDITATION THere is more feare therefore more cause If the Phisician desire help the burden grows great There is a grouth of the Disease then But â—here must bee an Auâ—umne to But whether an Autumne of the disease or mee it is not my paâ—â— to choose but if it bee of me it is of both My disease cannot suruiuâ— mee I may ouer liue iâ— Howsoeuer his desiring of others argues his caâ—â—dor and his ingenuitie 〈◊〉 the danger be great heâ— iustifies his proceedingâ— he disguises nothing that calls in witnesses â— And if the danger be not great hee is not aâ—â—bitious that is so readâ— to diuide the thankes and the honour of thâ— work which he begâ—â— alone with others It diminishes not the dignitie of a Monarch that hee deriue part of his care vpon others God hath not made many Suns but he hath made many bodies that receiue and giue light The Romanes began with one King they came to two Consuls they returned in extremities to one Dictator â— whether in one or many the soueraigntie is the same in all States and the danger is not the more and the prouidence is the more wheâ— there are more Phisicians as the State is the happier where businesses are carried by more counsels then can be in one breast how large soeuer Diseâ—ses themselues hold Consultations and conspire how they may multiply and ioyn with one another exalt one anothers force so and shal we not calâ— Phisicians to consultations Death is in an old mans dore he appeareâ— and tels him so deaâ—â— is at a yong mans backe and saies nothingâ— Age is a sicknesse and Youth is an ambush and we need so many Phisicians as may make vp a Watch and spie euery inconuenience There is scarce any thing that hath not killed some body a haire a feather hath done itâ— Nay that which is our best Antidote against it hath donn it the best Cordiall hath bene deadly poyson Men haue dyed of Ioy and allmost forbidden their friends to weep for theÌ„ wheÌ„ they haue seen theÌ„ dye laughing Euen that Tiran Dyâ—â—nisius I thinke the sameâ— that suffered so much aâ—â—ter who could not dâ—â— of that sorrow of thaâ— high fal from a King tâ— a wretched priuate maâ— â— dyed of so poore a Ioy as to be declard by the peoâ—ple at a Theater that heâ— was a good Poet. We saâ— ofteÌ„ thâ—t a Man may liâ—â— of a litle but alas oâ— how much lesse may a Man dye And therfore the more assistants thâ— better who comes to a day of hearing in a caus of any importaÌ„ce with one Aduocate In our Funerals we our selfs haue no interest there wee cannot aduise we cannot direct And though some Nations the Egiptians in particular built theÌ„selues better Tombs then houses because they were to dwell longer in them yet amongst our selues the greatest Man of Stile whom we hane had The Conqueror was lest as soone as his soule left him not only without persons to assist at his graue but without a graue Who will keepe vs then we know notâ— As long as we can lâ—t vs admit as much helpe as wee can Another and another Phisician is not another and another Indication and Symptom of death but an otherâ— and another Assistant and Proctor of life Noâ— doe they so much feed the imagination with apprehension of danger as the vnderstanding with comfort Let not one bring Learning another Diligence another Religion but euery one bring all and as many Ingredients enter into a Receit so may many men make the Receit But why doe I exercise my Meditation so long vpon this of hauing plentifull helpe in time