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Twenty-Six Sermons · John Donne

Twenty-Six Sermons, Table of contents

THE CONTENTS.

SERMON I. A Lent Sermon Preached at White-hall, February 20. 1617. Luc. 23.40. Feareſt thou not God, being under the ſame condemnation? Page 1

SERMON II. A Lent Sermon Preached at White-hall, February 12. 1618. Ezek. 33.32. And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely Song, of one that hath a pleaſant voice, and can play well on an Inſtrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not. p. 15

SERMON III. A Lent Sermon Preached at White-hall, February 20. 1628. James 2.12. So ſpeakye, and ſo Do, as they that ſhall be judged by the law of Liberty. p. 28

SERMON. IV. A Lent Sermon Preached before the King at White-hall, February 16. 1620. 1 Tim. 3.16. And without controverſie, great is the myſtery of Godlineſs: God was manifeſt in the fleſh, juſtified in the Spirit, ſeen of Angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into Glory. p. 45

SERMON V. A Lent Sermon Preached to the King at White-hall, February 12. 1629. Mat. 6.21. For, where your Treaſure is, there will your heart be alſo. p. 61

SERMON VI. A Sermon Preached at White-hall, April 21. 1616. Eccleſ. 8.11. Becauſe ſentence againſt an evil work is not executed ſpeedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully ſet in them to do evil. p. 75

SERMON VII. A Sermon Preached at White-hall, Novemb, 2. 1617. Pſal. 55.19. Becauſe they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. p. 89

SERMON VIII. A Sermon Preached to the Houſhold at White-hall, April 30. 1626. Mat. 9.13. I am not come to call the righteous, but ſinners to repentance. p. 101

SERMON X. A Sermon Preached at White-hall, April 2. 1620. Eccleſ. 5. There is an evil ſickneſs that I have ſeen under the Sun: Riches reſerved to the owners thereof, for their evil. And theſe riches periſh by evil travail: and he begetteth a Son, and in his hand is nothing. Ver. 12. & 13. in Edit. 1. In alia 13. & 14. p. 129

SERMON XI. A Sermon Preached at Greenwich April 30. 1615. Eſa. 52.3. Ye have ſold your ſelves for nought; and ye ſhall be redeemed without money. p. 153

SERMON XII. A Sermon Preached at White-hall April 12. 1618. Gen. 32.10. I am not worthy of the leaſt of all thy mercies, and of all the truth which thou haſt ſhewed unto thy ſervant; for with my ſtaffe I paſſed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. p. 169

SERMON XIII. A Sermon Preached at White-hall, April 19. 1618. 1 Tim. 1.15. This is a faithful ſaying, and worthy of all acceptation, That Chriſt Jeſus came into the World to ſave ſinners, of which I am the chiefeſt. p. 177

SERMON XIV. A Second Sermon Preached at White-hall, April 2. 1621. 1 Tim. 1.15. This is a faithful ſaying, and worthy of all acceptation, That Chriſt Jeſus came into the World to ſave ſinners, of which I am the chiefeſt. p. 190

SERMON XV. A Sermon Preached, at White-hall, February 29. 1627. Acts 7.60. And when he had ſaid this, he fell aſleep. p. 205

SERMON XVI. A Sermon Preached at White-hall, February 22. 1629. Mat. 6.21. For where your Treaſure is, there will your heart be alſo. p. 220

SERMON XVII. James 2.12. So ſpeak ye, and ſo do, as they that ſhall be judged by the Law of Liberty. p. 241

SERMON XVIII. A Sermon Preached to Queen Anne, at Denmark-houſe, Decemb. 14. 1617. Prov. 8.17. I love them that love me, and they that ſeek me early ſhall finde me. p. 257

SERMON XIX. A Sermon of Valediction at my going into Germany, at Lincolns-Inne, April 18. 1619. Eccleſ. 12.1. Remember now thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth. p. 269

SERMON XX. Two Sermons, to the Prince and Princeſs Palatine, the Lady Elizabeth at Heydelberg, when I was commanded by the King to wait upon my L. of Doncaſter in his Embaſſage to Germany. Firſt Sermon as we went out, June 16. 1619. Rom. 13.11. For now is our Salvation nearer then when we believed. p. 281

SERMON XXI. A Sermon Preached at St. Dunſtans, January 15. 1625. The firſt Sermon after our diſperſion by the Sickneſs. Exod. 12.30. For there was not a houſe where there was not one dead. p. 285

SERMON XXII. A Sermon Preached at the Temple. Eſther 4.16. Go and aſſemble all the Jews that are found in Shuſhan, and faſt ye for me, and eat not, nor drink, in three days, day nor night: I alſo, and my Maids will faſt likewiſe; and ſo I will go in to the King, which is not according to the Law: And if I periſh, I periſh. p. 298

SERMON XXIII. A Sermon Preached at Lincolns-Inne, Aſcenſion-day, 1622. Deut. 12.30. Take heed to thy ſelf that thou be not ſnared by following them after they be deſtroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, ſaying, How did theſe Nations ſerve their gods? Even ſo will I do likewiſe. p. 311

SERMON XXIV. A Sermon Preached at Pauls Croſs to the Lords of the Council, and other Honorable Perſons, 24 Mart. 1616. It being the Anniverſary of the Kings coming to the Crown, and his Majeſty being then gone into Scotland. Prov. 22.11. He that loveth pureneſs of heart, for the grace of his lips, the King ſhall be his friend. p. 322

SERMON XXV. A Sermon Preached at the Spittle upon Eaſter-Monday, 1622. 2 Cor. 4.6. 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. P. 357

SERMON XXVI. Pſal. 68.20. And unto God, the Lord, belong the iſſues of Death. (from Death.) P. 397