Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions is a collection of meditations and reflections by the seventeenth-century English poet and preacher, John Donne. The book is structured around a series of devotions that Donne wrote while recovering from a serious illness, and the themes of mortality, suffering, and spiritual renewal run throughout the work. Each devotion is based on a different passage from the Bible and explores the spiritual significance of the experience of illness and the human condition more broadly. The book is known for its rich, dense prose and its exploration of complex theological concepts, including the nature of sin, the role of suffering in the Christian life, and the relationship between the body and the soul. Despite its heavy subject matter, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions is also marked by a sense of hope and optimism, as Donne ultimately finds solace in his faith and his belief in the ultimate triumph of God's love. The book is considered a classic of devotional literature and has been widely read and studied by scholars of religion and literature alike.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.