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Self-Homicide is Not So Naturally Sin that it may Never be Otherwise

by John Donne · 1572–1631

Published: 1644
Length: 53,388 words
Reading: ~4 hours
Divisions: 112

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Biathanatos a declaration of that paradoxe or thesis, that selfe-homicide is not so naturally sinne, that it may never be otherwise : wherein the nature and the extent of all those lawes, which seeme to be violated by this act, are diligently surveyed / written by Iohn Donne ...

London Printed by John Dawson [1644]

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Front matter
Title page
DedicationTO THE Right Honourable THE LORD PHILLIP HARBERT.
List of authorsAuthors cited in this Booke.
ContentsA distribution of this Book, into Parts, Distinctions, and Sections.
PrefaceTHE PREFACE Declaring the Reasons, the Purpose, the way, and the end of the AVIHOR.
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Part 1THE FIRST PART. OF LAW and NATURE.

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Distinction 3Distinction III.
6 sections
Distinction 4Distinction IIII.
1 section
Part 2
Distinction 1Distinction I. Of the Law of Reason.
3 sections
Distinction 2Distinction II.
3 sections
Distinction 3Distinction III.
4 sections
Distinction 4Distinct. IV.
11 sections
Distinction 5Distinction V.
2 sections
Distinction 6Distinct. VI.
8 sections
Part 3The Third Part. OF THE LAW OF GOD.
Distinction 1Distinction I.
1 section
Distinction 2Distinction II.
9 sections
Distinction 3Distinct. III.
6 sections
Distinction 4Distinction IV.
11 sections
Distinction 5Distinct. V.
9 sections
Conclusion
Back matter
Imprimatur

Self-Homicide is Not So Naturally Sin that it may Never be Otherwise

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