That fummer, in the very fame month in which he entered. into facred orders and was made the King's Chaplain, his Ma "in an imaginary purity; but turne onely to the onely invifible and in"mortall God, who turnes to thee in fo many names and notions of power and confolation in this one pfalme, (Ps. lxii.). In laft verfe "but one of this pfalme David fayes, God hath spoken once, and twice have I heard him. God hath faid enough, but twice in this pfalme "hath he repeated this, in the second and in the fixth verfe, He onely is my rocke, and my salvation, and my defence. And, as it is inlarged in "the feventh verfe, my refuge and my glory. If my refuge,—what enemy can purfue me? If my defence, what tentation thall wound "me? If my rocke, what forme fhall shake me? If my salvation,— "what melancholy fhall deject me? If my glory,-what calumny hall "defame me? 66 pur "I must not ftay you now, to infufe into you the feverall confolations "of thefe feverall names and notions of God towards you. But goe your feverall wayes home, and every foule take with him that name, "which may minifter moft comfort unto him. Let him that is "fued with any particular tentation, inveft God, as God is a refuge, a fanctuary. Let him that is buffeted with the messenger of Satan, "battered with his own concupifcence, receive God, as God is his defence and target. Let him that is faked with perplexities in his understanding, or fcruples in his confcience, lay hold upon God, as "God is his rocke and his anchor. Let him that hath any diffident jealoufie or fufpition of the free and full mercy of God apprehend God, as God is his salvation. And him that walks in the inglorioufnefse "and contempt of this world contemplate God, as God is his glory. Any of these notions is enough to any man, but God is all thele and "all elfe that all foules can thinke, to every man. Wee fhut up both "these confiderations (man fhould not (that is not all), God should be "relied upon) with that of the Prophet, Trust ye not in a friend, put "not your confidence in a guide, keepe the doores of thy mouth from her "that lies in thy bosome (there is the exclufion of trut in man): And "then he adds in the leventh verfe, becanse it stands thus between man " and man, I will looke unto the Lord, I will looke unto the God of my salvation, my God will heare me." (LXXX. Sermons, 1640, p. 662.) "Now to make up a circle, by returning to our first word, reż "member: As we remember God, fo for his fake let us remember one "another. In my long abfence and far difiance from hence remember me, as I fhall do you in the ears of that God to whom the fartheft "eaft and the fartheft weft are but as the right and the left ear in one of us; we hear with both at once, and he hears in both at once; remem"ber me, not my abilities, for when I confider my Apoftlethip that I was fent to you, I am in St. Paul's quorum, quorum ego sum minimus, "the leaft of them that have been fent; and when I confider "firmities, I am in his quorum in another commiffion, another way, inmy quorum ego maximus, the greateft of them; but remember my labours "and endeavours, at least my defire to make fure your falvation. And I shall remember your religious cheerfulness in hearing the word, and your chriftianly refpect towards all them that bring that word unto you, and towards myfelf in particular far above my merit. And fo as your eyes that ftay here and mine that must be far off, for all that dif "tance hall meet every morning in looking upon that fame fun, and meet "every night in looking upon the fame moon; fo our hearts may meet "morning and evening in that God which fees and hears every where; 64 66 D3 "that jefty then going his progrefs, was entreated to receive an entertainment in the University of Cambridge; and Mr. Donne attending his Majefty at that time, his Majefty was pleased to recommend him to the Univerfity to be made Doctor in Divinity: Dr. Harfnett (after Archbishop of York) was then "that you may come thither to him with your prayers, that I (if "I may be of ufe for his glory and your edification in this place) may "be restored to you again; and may come to him with my prayer, "that what Paul foever plant amongft you, or what Apollos foever "water, God himself will give the increafe: That if I never meet you "again till we have all paffed the gate of death, yet in the gates of "heaven I may meet you all, and there fay to my Saviour and your "Saviour, that which he said to his father, " Of those whom thou hast "given me have I not lost one." Remember me thus, you that liay in "this kingdome of peace, where no fword is drawn but the fword of juftice, as I fhall remember you in thofe kingdomes, where ambition "on one fide and a neceffary defence from unjuft perfecution on the “other fide hath drawn many swords; and Chrift Jefus remember us all "in his kingdome; to which though we muft fail through a fea, it is "the fea of his blood, where no foul fuffers fhipwreck; though we must "be blown with ftrange winds, with fighs and groans for our fins, yet it "is the spirit of God that blows all this wind, and fhall blow away all contrary winds of diffidence or diftruft in God's mercy; where we "fhall be all fouldiers of one army, the Lord of Hoftes, and children of one quire, the God of harmony and confent: where all clients shall "retain but one counfellor, our advocate Chrift Jefus, nor prefent him any other fee but his own blood, and yet every client have a judg"ment on his fide, not only in a not guilty, in the remiffion of his fins, "but in a venite benedicti, in being called to the participation of an im "mortal crown of glory: where there fhall be no difference in affection "nor in mind, but we thall agree as fully and perfectly in our allelujah "and gloria in excelsis as God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, "agreed in the faciamus hominem at firft; where we shall end and yet "begin but then; where we fhall have continuall reft, and yet never grow lazie; where we shall be ftronger to refift and yet have no enemy; "where we fhall live and never die, where we shall meet and never part." (A Sermon of Valediction at his going into Germany, at Lincoln's Inn, April 18, 1619. Donne's Sermons, vol. III. p. 280, 281.) h Dr. SAMUEL HARSNETT, Mafter of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, was Vice-chancellor of that University in 1605 and in 1614, fuccefsively Bishop of Chichester and Norwich, and Archbishop of York. He died March 12, 1630. Strictness to historic truth precludes us from pafsing over in filence an unfortunate circumftance of his life, viz. his expulfion from the Maftership of Pembroke-Hall, for feveral practices exhibited against him in fifty-leven Articles; all of which are faid to have been so flagrant, that he chofe rather to refign his Mastership than to undergo an inquiry. But as the purport of these Articles is unknown, and the nature of the charge brought againft him has never been ascertained, we remain in doubt what degree of cenfure he deferved. The infcription on his tomb was evidently penned by himself." Hic jacet Samuel Harfnett, quondam Vicarius hujus Ecclefiæ, primò indignus Epifcopus Cicef"trienfis, dein indignior Norvicienfis, demum indigniffimus Archiepif 46 copus. Vice-Chancellor, who, knowing him to be the author of that learned book the "Pfeudo-Martyr," required no other proof of his abilities, but propofed it to the Univerfity, who prefently afsented, and exprefsed a gladness that they had fuch an occafion to entitle him to be theirs!. His abilities and industry in his profession were fo eminent, and he fo known and fo beloved by perfons of quality, that within the first year of his entering into facred orders he had fourteen advowfons of feveral benefices prefented to him; but they were in the country, and he could not leave his beloved London *, to which place he had a natural inclination, having received both his birth and education in it, and there contracted a friendship with many, whofe converfation multiplied the joys of his life: But an employment that might affix him to that place would be welcome, for he needed it. Immediately after his return from Cambridge his wife died', leaving him a man of a narrow unfettled eftate, and (having buried five) the careful father of feven children then living, to whom he gave a voluntary afsurance never to bring them under the fubjection of a step-mother; which promise he kept moft faithfully, burying with his tears all his earthly joys in his moft દ A different account of this matter is given in two letters of Mr. Chamberlain to Sir Dudley Carlton. In one dated March 16, 1614, he writes, "I had almoft forgotten that almost all the Courtiers went forth "Masters of Arts, at the King's being there; but few or no Doctors, "fave only Younge; which was done by a mandate, being fon to Sir Peter, the King's fchoolmafter. The Vice-Chancellor and University "were exceeding ftrict in that point, and refufed many importunities of great men; among whom was Mr. Secretary, that made great means "for Mr. Weftfield; but it would not be: neither the King's intreaty "for John Dun would prevail; yet they are threatened with a mandate, “which, if it is come, it is like they will obey; but they are refolved "to give him fuch a blow withal, that he were better be without it." And in another letter of nearly the fame date: " John Donne and one "Cheke went out Doctors at Cambridge with much ado, after our coming away, by the King's exprefs mandate; though the Vice-Chancellor "and fome of the Heads called them openly Filios noctis et tene"briones,' that fought thus to come in at the window, when there was a "fair gate open. But the worft is, that Donne had gotten a reverfion "of the Deanery of Canterbury, if fuch grants could be lawful; whereby " he hath purchased himfelf a great deal of envy, that a man of his fort "fhould feek, per saltum, to intercept fuch a place from fo many more "worthy and antient Divines." 6 * When it is recollected how much Dr. Donne was attached to London, we are furprised to find that in one of his letters he speaks of plaguy London. Let it be remarked, that this word had not at that time a burlefque fenfe. Donne, in one of his elegies, has "Death's plaguy "jaws;" i. e. affected with the plague. 1 Mrs. Donne died Auguft 15, 1617, on the feventh day after the birth of her twelfth child, and was buried in the parish church of St. Clement's, near Temple Bar, ᎠᏎ dear and deferving wife's grave, and betook himself to a most retired and folitary life. In this retiredness, which was often from the fight of his dearest friends, he became crucified to the world, and all thofe vanities, thofe imaginary pleafures that are daily acted on that refless stage; and they were as perfectly crucified to him. Nor is it hard to think (being pafsions may be both changed and heightened by accidents) but that that abundant affection which once was betwixt him and her, who had long been the delight of his eyes and the companion of his youth; her, with whom he had divided fo many pleasant forrows and contented fears, as common people are not capable of; not hard to think but that fhe, being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full pofsefsion of him as joy had done, and fo indeed it did; for now his very foul was elemented of nothing but fadnefs, now grief took fo full a possession of his heart, as to leave no place for joy; if it did, it was a joy to be alone, where like a pelican in the wilderness, he might bemoan himself without witnefs or restraint, and pour forth his pafsions like Job in the days of his affliction, "Oh that I might have the defire of my "heart! Oh that God would grant the thing that I long for!" For then, as the grave is become her house, so I would haften to m It appears that Nicholas Stone, a noted ftatuary in the reign of James I. made a tomb for Mrs. Donne, to be placed in the church of St. Clement Danes, for the which he had fifteen Pieces. (Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting, &c. col. II. p. 44.) The following is the inscription on her tomb; Aug. XV. Strype's Stow's Survey of London, 1720, vot. II. b. 4, p. 113.) make it mine alfo, that we two might there make our beds together in the dark". Thus as the Ifraelites fat mourning by the rivers of Babylon, when they remembered Sion; fo he gave fome eafe to his opprefsed heart by thus venting his forrows: Thus he began the day, and ended the night; ended the restless night and began the weary day in lamentations. And thus he continued till a confideration of his new engagements to God, and St. Paul's "Wo is me if I preach not the gospel," difperfed thofe fad clouds that had then benighted his hopes, and now forced him to behold the light. His firft motion from his houfe was to preach, where his beloved wife lay buried (in St. Clement's Church, near TempleBar, London,) and his text was a part of the Prophet Jeremiah's Lamentation:" Lo, I am the man that have feen af"fliction." And indeed his very words and looks teftified him to be truly fuch a man; and they, with the addition of his fighs and tears, exprefsed in his fermon, did fo work upon the affections of his hearers, as melted and moulded them into a companionable fadnefs, and fo they left the congregation; but then their houses. n This expression of Donne's grief reminds us of the wretched Romeo's words; "I will ftay with thee; "And never from this palace of dim night "With worms, that are thy chamber-maids." (Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Scene III.) In fimilar language Thefeus laments the death of Phædra: Το κατα γας θέλω, το κατα γας κνεφας, Της σης τερηθείς φιλτατης ὁμίλιας. (Euripid. Hippolytus, v. 851. ? Pfalm cxxxvii. Dr. Donne tranflated this pfalm into English verfe. P LAMENTATIONS, iii. 1. "I am the man which have affliction feene, DONNE. During this time of his difirefs he was probably engaged in his Poetic Verfion of the Lamentations of Jeremiah, following for the most part the tranflation of Tremellius, a His eloquence in the pulpit is thus described in Darnelly's Latin Poem: " vidi, "Audivi, et fiupui, quoties orator in æde # Corda oculosque viros tenuit; dum Neftoris ille |