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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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call_v the_o bride_n and_o the_o lamb_n wife_n 19_o in_o the_o revelation_n and_o he_o be_v the_o head_n of_o this_o body_n the_o bridegroom_n of_o this_o bride_n the_o head_n of_o this_o church_n as_o he_o be_v the_o firstborn_a of_o the_o dead_a death_n that_o dissolve_v all_o we_o make_v up_o this_o marriage_n his_o death_n be_v his_o marriage_n and_o upon_o his_o death_n flow_v out_o from_o his_o side_n those_o two_o element_n of_o the_o church_n water_n and_o blood_n the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n and_o of_o the_o communion_n of_o himself_o behold_v then_o this_o solomon_n crown_v and_o marry_v both_o word_n of_o exaltation_n and_o exultation_n and_o both_o by_o death_n and_o trust_v he_o for_o work_v the_o same_o effect_n upon_o thou_o that_o thou_o though_o by_o death_n shall_v be_v crown_v with_o a_o crown_n of_o glory_n and_o marry_v to_o he_o in_o who_o right_a and_o merit_n thou_o shall_v have_v that_o crown_n and_o behold_v he_o once_o again_o letitia_n and_o you_o 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by_o death_n and_o therefore_o if_o any_o man_n suffer_v as_o a_o christian_a let_v he_o not_o be_v ashamed_a say_v the_o apostle_n but_o let_v he_o glorify_v god_n in_o isto_fw-la nomine_fw-la as_o the_o vulgate_v read_v it_o in_o that_o behalf_n as_o we_o translate_v it_o but_o in_o isto_fw-la nomine_fw-la say_v s._n august_n let_v we_o glorify_v god_n in_o that_o name_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la christiani_n sed_fw-la chriani_fw-la patientis_fw-la not_o only_o because_o he_o be_v a_o christian_n in_o his_o baptism_n but_o a_o christian_a in_o a_o second_o baptism_n a_o baptism_n of_o blood_n not_o only_o as_o he_o have_v receive_v christ_n in_o accept_v his_o institution_n but_o because_o he_o have_v conform_v himself_o to_o christ_n in_o fulfil_v his_o suffering_n and_o therefore_o though_o we_o admit_v natural_a and_o humane_a sorrow_n in_o the_o calamity_n which_o overtake_v we_o and_o surround_v we_o in_o this_o life_n for_o as_o all_o glass_n will_v gather_v 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crystal_n nay_o a_o crystal_n glass_n will_v not_o show_v a_o man_n his_o face_n except_o it_o be_v steel_v except_o it_o be_v darken_v on_o the_o backside_n christ_n as_o he_o be_v a_o pure_a crystal_n glass_n as_o he_o be_v god_n have_v not_o be_v a_o glass_n for_o we_o to_o have_v see_v ourselves_o in_o except_o he_o have_v be_v steel_v darken_v with_o our_o humane_a nature_n neither_o be_v he_o ever_o so_o thorough_o darken_v as_o that_o he_o can_v present_v we_o whole_o to_o ourselves_o because_o he_o have_v no_o sin_n without_o see_v of_o which_o we_o do_v not_o see_v ourselves_o those_o therefore_o that_o be_v like_o thou_o in_o all_o thing_n subject_a to_o humane_a infirmity_n subject_a to_o sin_n and_o yet_o be_v translate_v and_o translate_v by_o death_n to_o everlasting_a joy_n and_o glory_n
lord_n lord_n why_o have_v thou_o forsake_v i_o of_o a_o suffer_a hell_n in_o his_o soul_n or_o of_o a_o depart_n of_o the_o father_n from_o he_o for_o joh._n 16._o it_o be_v i_o be_o not_o alone_a for_o the_o father_n be_v with_o i_o offer_v no_o exposition_n of_o those_o word_n more_o convenient_a then_o that_o the_o foresight_n of_o the_o jew_n imminent_a calamity_n express_v and_o draw_v those_o word_n from_o he_o in_o their_o affliction_n be_v all_o kind_n and_o all_o degree_n of_o misery_n so_o that_o as_o one_o writer_n of_o the_o roman_a story_n say_v elegant_o he_o that_o consider_v the_o act_n of_o rome_n consider_v not_o the_o act_n of_o one_o people_n but_o of_o mankind_n i_o may_v true_o of_o the_o jew_n affliction_n he_o that_o know_v they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o nothing_o that_o this_o world_n can_v threaten_v for_o to_o that_o which_o the_o present_a authority_n of_o the_o roman_n inflict_v upon_o they_o our_o school_n have_v add_v upon_o their_o posterity_n that_o they_o be_v ●laves_n to_o christian_n and_o their_o good_n subject_n to_o spoil_v if_o the_o law_n of_o the_o prince_n where_o they_o live_v do_v not_o out_o of_o indulgency_n defend_v they_o do_v he_o then_o ask_v and_o be_v not_o hear_v god_n forbid_v a_o man_n be_v hear_v when_o that_o be_v give_v which_o his_o will_n desire_v and_o our_o will_n be_v ever_o understand_v to_o be_v a_o will_n rectify_v and_o concurrent_a with_o god_n this_o be_v voluntas_fw-la a_o discourse_v and_o examine_v will_n that_o which_o be_v upon_o the_o first_o sight_n of_o the_o object_n be_v velleit_n as_o a_o willingness_n which_o we_o resist_v not_o only_o because_o we_o think_v not_o of_o it_o and_o such_o a_o willingness_n have_v christ_n when_o sudden_o he_o wish_v that_o the_o cup_n may_v pass_v but_o quick_o conform_v his_o will_n to_o his_o father_n but_o in_o this_o prayer_n his_o will_n be_v present_a therefore_o fulfil_v brief_o then_o in_o this_o prayer_n he_o commend_v not_o all_o the_o jew_n for_o he_o know_v the_o chief_a to_o sin_v know_o and_o so_o out_o of_o the_o reach_n of_o his_o reason_n for_o they_o know_v not_o nor_o any_o except_o they_o repent_v after_o for_o it_o be_v not_o ignorance_n but_o repentance_n which_o derive_v to_o we_o the_o benefit_n of_o god_n pardon_n for_o he_o that_o sin_n of_o ignorance_n may_v be_v pardon_v if_o he_o repent_v but_o he_o that_o sin_n against_o his_o conscience_n and_o be_v thereby_o impenitible_a can_v be_v pardon_v and_o this_o be_v all_o which_o i_o will_v say_v of_o these_o word_n father_n forgive_v they_o for_o they_o know_v not_o what_o they_o do_v o_o eternal_a god_n look_v down_o from_o thy_o throne_n to_o thy_o footstool_n from_o thy_o bless_a company_n of_o angel_n and_o saint_n to_o we_o by_o our_o own_o fault_n make_v more_o wretched_a and_o contemptible_a than_o the_o worm_n which_o shall_v eat_v we_o or_o the_o dust_n which_o we_o be_v and_o shall_v be_v o_o lord_n under_o the_o weight_n of_o thy_o justice_n we_o can_v stand_v nor_o have_v any_o other_o title_n to_o thy_o mercy_n but_o the_o name_n of_o father_n and_o that_o we_o have_v forfeit_v that_o name_n of_o son_n of_o god_n thou_o give_v to_o we_o all_o at_o once_o in_o adam_n and_o he_o give_v it_o away_o from_o we_o all_o by_o his_o sin_n and_o thou_o have_v give_v it_o again_o to_o every_o one_o of_o we_o in_o our_o regeneration_n by_o baptism_n and_o we_o have_v lose_v it_o again_o by_o our_o transgression_n and_o yet_o thou_o be_v not_o weary_a of_o be_v merciful_a but_o do_v choose_v one_o of_o we_o to_o be_v a_o fit_a and_o worthy_a ransom_n for_o we_o all_o and_o by_o the_o death_n of_o thy_o christ_n our_o jesus_n give_v we_o again_o the_o title_n and_o privilege_n of_o thy_o son_n but_o with_o condition_n which_o though_o easy_a we_o have_v break_v and_o with_o a_o yoke_n which_o though_o light_n and_o sweet_a we_o have_v cast_v off_o how_o shall_v we_o then_o dare_v to_o call_v thou_o father_n or_o to_o beg_v that_o thou_o 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stone_n shall_v be_v break_v but_o on_o whosoever_o it_o shall_v fall_v it_o will_v grind_v he_o to_o powder_n almighty_a god_n make_v we_o for_o his_o glory_n and_o his_o glory_n be_v not_o the_o glory_n of_o a_o tyrant_n to_o destroy_v we_o but_o his_o glory_n be_v in_o our_o happiness_n he_o put_v we_o in_o a_o fair_a way_n towards_o that_o happiness_n in_o nature_n in_o our_o creation_n that_o way_n will_v have_v bring_v we_o to_o heaven_n but_o then_o we_o fall_v and_o if_o we_o consider_v ourselves_o only_o irrecoverable_o he_o put_v we_o after_o into_o another_o way_n over_o thorny_a hedge_n and_o plowed_a land_n through_o the_o difficulty_n and_o encumbrance_n of_o all_o the_o ceremonial_a law_n there_o be_v no_o way_n to_o heaven_n then_o but_o that_o after_o that_o he_o bring_v we_o a_o cross_a way_n by_o the_o cross_n of_o jesus_n christ_n and_o the_o application_n of_o his_o gospel_n and_o that_o be_v our_o way_n now_o if_o we_o compare_v the_o way_n of_o nature_n and_o 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