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The Works of John Donne, D.d. Dean of Saint Paul's, 1621-1631 (6); With a Memoir of His Life
The Works of John Donne Dd Dean of Saint Paul's 16211631 With a Memoir of His Life - 6 Author:Henry Alford Volume: 6 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1839 Original Publisher: John W. Parker, West-Strand Subjects: Sermons, English English poetry Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Religion / Sermons / Christian Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original.... more » It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 143 SERMON CLIV. PREACHED AT THE SPITAL, UPON EASTER MONDAY, )622. 2 Corinthians iv. 6. For God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. The first book of the Bible, begins with the beginning; In prineipio, says Moses, in Genesis; In the beginning God created heaven and earth: and can there be anything priu s principio, before the beginning ? Before this beginning, there is. The last book of the Bible, (in the order as they were written) the Gospel of St. John, begins with the same word too; Inprincipio, says St. John; In the beginning was the Word: and here, nvnssimwm primum, the last beginning is the first; St. John's beginning, before Moses; Moses speaking but of the creature, and St. John of the Creator; and of the Creator, before he took that name, before he came to the act of creation; as, the Word was with God, and was God from all eternity. Our present text is an epitome of both those beginnings: of the first beginning, the creation, when God commanded light to shine out of darkness: and of the other beginning, which is indeed the first, of him, in whose face we shall have the knowledge of the glory of God, Christ Jesus. The first book of the Bible, is a revelation, and so is the last, in the order as they stand, a revelation too. To declare a production of all things oat of...« less