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Thursday, July 27, 2006

[Digest This:] Wilt thou love God as He thee?

by John Donne

Wilt thou love God, as he thee? Then digest,
My soul, this wholesome meditation,
How God the Spirit, by angels waited on
In heaven, doth make his Temple in thy breast.
The Father having begot a Son most blessed,
And still begetting, (for he ne'er begun)
Hath deigned to choose thee by adoption,
Coheir to' his glory, 'and Sabbath's endless rest.
And as a robbed man, which by search doth find
His stol'n stuff sold, must lose or buy it again:
The Son of glory came down, and was slain,
Us whom he'd made, and Satan stol'n, to unbind.
'Twas much that man was made like God before,
But, that God should be made like man, much more.

10 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I like that John Donne poem infinitely more than the one about the flea.

12:30 PM  
Blogger Nick said...

Good stuff!!

2:58 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nice poem i dont like the thees and thous much (then again i'm a fan of coleridge so shoot me lol)
but still a very nice poem
Makes ya think doesn't it?

3:46 PM  
Blogger lowonthego said...

wow...

i love this...

"'Twas much that man was made like God before,
But that God should be made like man, much more."

9:51 PM  
Blogger Sid S. said...

i heart donne

10:44 PM  
Blogger Julian Freeman said...

Josh: I like this one. How do you pronounce this guy's name again?

4:01 PM  
Blogger Son of Man said...

are you serious?

7:06 PM  
Blogger amac said...

i agree with lydia, the last line is great.

and good theology too eh?
The Father having begot a Son most blessed,
And still begetting, (for he ne'er begun)

Reminds me of Supertones... bring back the revolution baby!

9:08 PM  
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