John Donne : Selections from Divine Poems, Sermons, Devotions and Prayers

by Booty, John E.

• ISBN13: 9780809131600
• ISBN10: 0809131609
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-08-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted! In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American traditions have been critically selected, translated and introduced by internationally recognized scholars and spiritual leaders. The texts are first-rate, and the introductions are informative and reliable. The books will be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of every literate religious persons". -- The Christian Century

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 1
Preface	p. 3
A Brief Life	p. 11
Donne's Spiritual Journey	p. 21
The Divine Poems: a Meditative Sequence	p. 32
Sermons	p. 45
Devotions	p. 56
Prayer and Prayers	p. 61
The Texts	p. 65
Notes	p. 68
La Corona	p. 75
Holy Sonnets	p. 78
A Litanie	p. 86
The Crosse	p. 95
Resurrection, Imperfect	p. 97
Upon the Annunciation and Passion Falling Upon One Day, 1608	p. 98
Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward	p. 100
To Mr. Tilman After He Had Taken Orders	p. 102
A Hymne to Christ, at the Authors Last Going into Germany	p. 104
Hymne to God My God, in My Sicknesse	p. 105
A Hymne to God the Father	p. 106
Notes	p. 107
Christ the Light	p. 119
Now in a Glass, Then Face to Face	p. 137
""""Love the Lord, Love Christ, Love Jesus""""	p. 153
""""In the Shadow of Thy Wings""""	p. 171
Prayer and the Divine Mercy	p. 187
The Virtue of Praise	p. 199
The Grace of Repentance	p. 218
""""Deaths Duell, Or, a Consolation to the Soule, Against the Dying Life and Living Death of the Body""""	p. 233
The First Alteration, the First Grudging, of the Sickness	p. 253
The Physician is Sent For	p. 257
Upon Their [the Physicians'] Consultation They Prescribe	p. 262
From the Bells of the Church Adjoining, I Am Daily Remembered of My Burial in the Funerals of Others	p. 267
Now, This Bell Tolling Softly for Another, Says to Me: Thou Must Die	p. 271
Upon These Indications of Digested Matter, They Proceed to Purge	p. 276
God Prospers Their Practice, and He, by Them, Calls Lazarus out of His Tomb, Me out of My Bed	p. 281
From Essays in Divinity	p. 289
Selections from Devotions upon Emergent Occasions	p. 295
Bibliography	p. 301
Index	p. 307
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