Donne: separation from God

Friday, March 31, 2017
    Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631
Meditation:
    It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
    —Hebrews 10:31 (ESV)
Quotation:
    When all is done, the hell of hells, the torment of torments, is the everlasting absence of God, and the everlasting impossibility of returning to his presence; says the Apostle, It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Yet there was a case, in which David found an ease, to fall into the hands of God, to escape the hands of men: When God’s hand is bent to strike, It is a fearefull thing, to fall into the hands of the living God; but to fall out of the hands of the living God, is a horror beyond our expression, beyond our imagination.
    ... John Donne (1573-1631), Works of John Donne, vol. III, London: John W. Parker, 1839, Sermon LXXVI, p. 385-386 (see the book)
    See also Heb. 10:31; Isa. 30:33; Mark 16:16; 2 Thess. 1:7-9
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I know that You will never leave me. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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