Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions is a collection of prayers and meditations written by the English poet and clergyman John Donne. The book is structured around a series of reflections that Donne wrote while recovering from a serious illness in 1623. Each reflection is focused on a different aspect of the human experience, such as love, pain, and death, and explores the spiritual implications of these experiences.The book is divided into 23 sections, each corresponding to a different stage of Donne's illness. Each section begins with a meditation on a particular theme, followed by a series of prayers and reflections on that theme. The prayers are written in a highly personal and introspective style, and are often deeply emotional and confessional.Throughout the book, Donne draws on his extensive knowledge of theology and philosophy to explore the nature of God, the human soul, and the relationship between the two. He also reflects on the role of suffering in the spiritual life, and the ways in which illness and pain can be used as opportunities for growth and transformation.Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions is considered one of Donne's most important works, and is widely regarded as a classic of English devotional literature. Its themes of suffering, redemption, and spiritual transformation continue to resonate with readers today.WHAT will not kill a man if a vapour will? How great an elephant, how small a mouse destroys! To die by a bullet is the soldier's daily bread; but few men die by hail-shot. A man is more worth than to be sold for single money; a life to be valued above a trifle. If this were a violent shaking of the air by thunder or by cannon, in that case the air is condensed above the thickness of water, of water baked into ice, almost petrified, almost made stone, and no wonder that kills; but that which is but a vapour, and a vapour not forced but breathed, should kill, that our nurse should overlay us, and air that nourishes us should destroy us, but that it is a half atheism to murmur against Nature, who is God's immediate commissioner, who would not think himself miserable to be put into the hands of Nature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.