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Genesis 2

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1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

4These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

6But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

7And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

8And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

10And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

19And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Preached on Genesis 2 17

  1. In Festo Sanctissimae Trinitatis Sermo Unicus
  2. IN COMMUNI DE EVANGELISTIS. De quadruplici acceptione paradisi, secundum quam verba thematis quatuor modis exponuntur, scilicet historialiter, allegorice, moraliter et anagogice
  3. Preached at Lincolns Inne (Gen. 2. 8)
    John Donne · Genesis 2:8 · No. 23
  4. Aggravation of Sinne
  5. A Weeding Sermon
  6. The Covenant Of Works
  7. Lectur XXIII. Preached March 10, 1694
    John Howe · Genesis 2:17 · 10 March 1694
  8. The Death of Kindred improved
  9. Appointment of the Sabbath
  10. Covenant Made with Adam
  11. Am Abend vor Weihnachten 1863
  12. Den 28 Januari
  13. Den 21 Juni
  14. The Vision of Creation
  15. Obedience: Its place in Holy Scripture
  16. The Mother of All
  17. DE SABBATH DOOR GOD GEZEGEND

Also citing Genesis 2 239

  1. The Taming of the Tongue
  2. Hortatory Address to the Greeks
  3. On Prayer
  4. On Patience
  5. Demonstration 6: Of Monks
  6. Demonstration 8: Of the Resurrection of the Dead
  7. Demonstration 17: Of Christ the Son of God
  8. Demonstration 22: Of Death and the Latter Times
  9. Homily on Psalm I.
  10. On the words, Crucified and Buried
  11. Continuation of the Discourse on the Holy Ghost
  12. On the Words, And in One Holy Catholic Church, and in the Resurrection of the Flesh, and the Life Everlasting
  13. In Defence of His Flight to Pontus, and His Return, After His Ordination to the Priesthood, with an Exposition of the Character of the Priestly Office
  14. On the Death of His Father
  15. The Fourth Theological Oration, Which is the Second Concerning the Son
  16. On the Theophany, or Birthday of Christ
  17. Oration on the Holy Lights
  18. The Oration on Holy Baptism
  19. Funeral Oration on the Great S. Basil, Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia
  20. The Creation of the World
  21. Hexaemeron, Homily 2: “The Earth was Invisible and Unfinished.”
  22. Concerning Widows
  23. Homily 2 on Matthew
  24. Homily 2 on 2 Corinthians
  25. Homily 4 on Romans
  26. Homily 5 on the Statues
  27. Homily 6 on Colossians
  28. Homily 7 on 1 Corinthians
  29. Homily 12 on the Statues
  30. Homily 12 on Colossians
  31. Homily 17 on 1 Corinthians
  32. Homily 18 on Matthew
  33. Homily 19 on Romans
  34. Homily 20 on Ephesians
  35. Homily 21 on Romans
  36. Homily 22 on Acts
  37. Homily 23 on Romans
  38. Homily 25 on John
  39. Homily 26 on 1 Corinthians
  40. Homily 28 on John
  41. Homily 33 on 1 Corinthians
  42. Homily 34 on 1 Corinthians
  43. Homily 41 on 1 Corinthians
  44. Of the agreement of the evangelists Matthew and Luke in the generations of the Lord
  45. Homily 1 on 1 John
  46. Of the words of St. Matthew’s Gospel, Chap. iii. 13, 'Then Jesus cometh from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.' Concerning the Trinity
  47. Tractate 2 on John
  48. Exposition on Psalm 8
  49. Tractate 9 on John
  50. Tractate 22 on John
  51. Exposition on Psalm 38
  52. Exposition on Psalm 41
  53. On the words of the Gospel, Mark xiii. 32, ‘But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.’
  54. Exposition on Psalm 55
  55. On the words of the Gospel, Luke xiii. 6, where we are told of the fig-tree, which bare no fruit for three years; and of the woman which was in an infirmity eighteen years; and on the words of the ninth Psalm, v. 19, ‘Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: l
  56. Exposition on Psalm 62
  57. Exposition on Psalm 69
  58. Exposition on Psalm 71
  59. On the words of the Gospel, John i. 48,’When thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee,’ etc.
  60. Exposition on Psalm 75
  61. Again in John v. 2, etc., on the five porches, where lay a great multitude of impotent folk, and of the pool of Siloa
  62. Exposition on Psalm 81
  63. Exposition on Psalm 90
  64. Exposition on Psalm 93
  65. Exposition on Psalm 119
  66. Tractate 120 on John
  67. Exposition on Psalm 127
  68. In Natali Domini, V
  69. In die Paschae, I. Ad populum et ad Infantes, seu eo die baptizatos
  70. In diebus Paschalibus, XXII. De eadem lectione et de duabus piscationibus
  71. In Natali Joannis Baptistae, V
  72. De eo quod Christus tribus modis in Scripturis intelligitur; contra Arianos habitus
  73. De Charitate, et de caeco illuminato, I
  74. De Evangelii Lectione Primus
  75. De Evangelii Lectione Secundus
  76. In Exodi Lectione Octavus
  77. DE DIVERSIS CAPITULIS QUINTUS. Die natali Machabaeorum. De his beatis Martyribus
  78. In Paschatis solemnitate I
  79. De Juda proditore
  80. In festo Paschae. I
  81. In symbolum apostolorum
  82. De eodem
  83. On the Feast of the Nativity, IV
    Leo the Great · No. 24
  84. In Octavis Paschae, Sive in Caeteris Dominicis Diebus Post Pascha
  85. De Jejunio Quarti Mensis
  86. Contra Paganicos Errores, Quos Aliqui De Rudibus Christianis Sequuntur
  87. In Die Sancto Nativitatis Domini
  88. De Sancto Joanne Evangelista Et Apostolo
  89. Dominica II Post Epiphaniam
  90. Dominica in Septuagesima
  91. Dominica in Sexagesima
  92. FERIA SEXTA POST Invocavit
  93. Dominica Tertia in Quadragesima
  94. Feria Tertia Paschae
  95. In Octava Paschae
  96. FERIA TERTIA LITANIARUM, POST Vocem jucunditatis
  97. Dominica Decima Septima Post Pentecosten
  98. Dominica Vicesima Prima Post Pentecosten
  99. Sermo 11
    Peter Damian · No. 11
  100. De S. Marco Evangelista. (xxv Apr.)
    Peter Damian · No. 14
  101. De S. Vitale Martyre. (xxviii April.)
    Peter Damian · No. 17
  102. De S. Bartholomaeo Apostolo. (xxiv Aug.)
    Peter Damian · No. 41
  103. Sermo 43
    Peter Damian · No. 43
  104. De Sancto Matthaeo Apostolo Et Evangelista. (xxi Sept.)
  105. De Sancto Matthaeo Apostolo Et Evangelista. (xxi Sept.)
    Peter Damian · No. 50
  106. De Sancto Matthaeo Apostolo Et Evangelista. (xxi Sept.)
    Peter Damian · No. 51
  107. De Sancto Michaele Archangelo. (xxix Sept.)
    Peter Damian · No. 52
  108. De Sancta Columba Virgine Et Martyre (xxx Dec.)
    Peter Damian · No. 66
  109. IN ADVENTU DOMINI SERMO PRIMUS. De utilitatibus adventus Domini
  110. IN QUADRAGESIMA. SERMO NONUS. De poenitentia
  111. In Dominica Palmarum, Sermo Primus
  112. In Dominica Palmarum Sermo Tertius
  113. In Festo Sancti Petri Ad Vincula Sermo Unicus
  114. IN DEDICATIONE ECCLESIAE SERMO TERTIUS. De reverentia ecclesiis exhibenda
  115. Cxi 111
  116. SERMO IN DOMINICA PALMARUM. De infirmitate legis Moysi ad hominis reparationem, et virtute legis Christi ad eam perficiendam
  117. De amore ardenti quo anima diligit Deum. Item de attentione tempore orationis vel psalmodiae procuranda
  118. De quaerenda sapientia
  119. De quadruplici debito
  120. De sollicita cura cogitationum
  121. Dies aspirans, et umbrae inclinatae quae sint. Deinde varii hominum dies exponuntur. Et quod justos, utpote in luce viventes, maneat clarior dies impios vero in operibus tenebrarum versantes, aeterna nox
  122. De multiplici unitate
  123. In Nativitate Beatae Mariae
    Isaac of Stella · No. 54
  124. De eo quod ait: « Audivimus superbiam Moab, » usque: « Vocem cantantium abstuli (Isa. XVI). »
  125. IN NATIVITATE DOMINI. De multiplici verbo, de carnis quadruplici acceptione, et cur Verbum caro factum sit
    Innocent III · No. 1
  126. IN CONSECRATIONE PONTIFICIS. De quatuor speciebus desponsationum, et praeconiis Romanae Ecclesiae de spirituali conjugio episcopi cum Ecclesia sua, et bonis conjugii
    Innocent III · No. 3
  127. IN COMMUNI DE UNO MARTYRE. De abnegatione sui, et quinque gradibus ejus; et de mysterio, et sacramento sanctae crucis
  128. IN FESTO D. GREGORII PAPAE, HUJUS NOMINIS I. Quae ad testamentum requirantur, et de testamento Christi; de quatuor speciebus Scripturae, quae per quatuor flumina de paradiso fluentia designantur de duplici sacerdotio, et de pontificalibus indumentis quibus pontifex Veteris Testamenti induebatur
    Innocent III · No. 13
  129. IN EADEM SOLEMNITATE. De aurorae, lunae et solis conditionibus sive qualitatibus, et quomodo Mariae conveniant
    Innocent III · No. 28
  130. [Luk. 21, 25 –36] Euangelium am andern sontag ym Advent. Luce. 21
  131. Sermon 5 on the Ten Commandments
  132. Sermon 35 on Deuteronomy
    John Calvin · Deuteronomy 5 · 21 June 1555 · No. 35
  133. Sermon 121 on Deuteronomy
    John Calvin · Deuteronomy 21 · 25 December 1555 · No. 121
  134. Sermon 131 on Deuteronomy
    John Calvin · Deuteronomy 23 · 17 January 1556 · No. 131
  135. Sermon 136 on Deuteronomy
    John Calvin · Deuteronomy 23 · 30 January 1556 · No. 136
  136. Sermon 143 on Deuteronomy
    John Calvin · Deuteronomy 25 · 13 February 1556 · No. 143
  137. Sermon 155 on Deuteronomy
    John Calvin · Deuteronomy 28 · 12 March 1556 · No. 155
  138. THE NINTH SERMON. Our helpe be in the name of God, &c. It is written as followeth in the first Chapter of the Canticle of Canticles, the seuenth verse
  139. THE SEVENTEENTH SERMON. Our helpe be in the name of God, &c. It is written as followeth in the second Chapter of the Canticle of Canticles, the 3. and 4. verses
  140. THE FOVRTH Sermon
  141. The seconde homilee concerning the death and passion of our sauiour Christ
  142. An Homilee agaynst disobedience and wylful rebellion
  143. A Sermon P ached before the King's Maiestie, at Vvhitehall, on the XXIII. of May A.D. MDCXIII, being Whit-Svnday
  144. A Sermon Preached before the King's Maiestie, at Greenvvich, on the XIX. of May A.D. MDCXVI, being Whit-Svnday
  145. A Sermon Preached before the King's Maiestie, in the Cathedral Chvrch at Saljsbvrje, on the V. of Avgvst, Ann. Dom. MDCXV
  146. A Sermon Preached before the King's Maiestie at White-Hall, on the V. of November, Anno Domini, MDCXV
  147. A Treatise of the Lords Supper
  148. The First Sermon (no. 3)
  149. Maries Choice
    Henry Smith · John 11 · No. 3
  150. The Benefite of Contentation
  151. The Trve Trial of the Spirites
  152. A Disswasion from Pride, and An exhortation to Humilitie
  153. A Glasse for Drvnkards
    Henry Smith · Genesis 3 · No. 21
  154. The Dialogue betweene Paul and Agrippa
  155. Food for new borne babes
  156. Sermon 1
    John Donne · No. 1
  157. Preached at a Mariage (Gen. 1. 22)
  158. Preached at a Christning (Gen. 1. 28)
  159. Preached upon Christmas day
  160. Preached at Lincolns Inne (no. 20)
    John Donne · Psalms 38:3 · No. 20
  161. A Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross to the Lords of the Council, and other Honorable Persons, 24. Mart. 1616. It being the Anniversary of the Kings coming to the Crown, and his…
  162. Preached at S. Pauls, upon Easter-day. 1630
  163. Preached to the King, at White-Hall, the first Sunday in Lent Preached to the King, at White-Hall, the first Sunday in Lent.
    John Donne · No. 26
  164. The Sermon
    John Donne · No. 43
  165. A Sermon Preached in Saint Dunstans
  166. Preached upon the Penitentiall Psalmes (no. 62)
    John Donne · Psalms 32:9 · No. 62
  167. Sermon 72
  168. the second of my Prebend Sermons upon my five Psalmes. Preached at S. Pauls, Ianuary 29. 1625
    John Donne · Wisdom of Solomon 16:20 · 29 January 1625 · No. 66
  169. Preached at the funerals of Sir William Cokayne Knight, Alderman of London, December 12. 1626
    John Donne · Song of Solomon 1:16 · 12 December 1626 · No. 80
  170. Preached at Saint Pauls Crosse. 6 May. 1627
    John Donne · Hosea 3:4 · 6 May 1627 · No. 41
  171. Sermons upon Philippians I. 21: Sermon 2
  172. The Scriptures
  173. The Saint’s Triumph over Death
  174. The Fourth Commandment
  175. The Sixth Commandment
  176. The comforts belonging to mourners
  177. The Seventh Commandment
  178. The Providence Of God
  179. Twenty Sermons: Sermon 17 ()
  180. Twenty Sermons: Sermon 19 ()
  181. Man's Misery By The Fall
  182. Psalm 119: Sermon 33
  183. Psalm 119: Sermon 81
  184. Psalm 119: Sermon 127
  185. Psalm 119: Sermon 130
  186. Psalm 119: Sermon 146
  187. The Nature and necessity of the Priesthood of Christ
  188. A Discourse of the Necessity of Regeneration
  189. The Holy City; Or, the New Jerusalem
  190. Light for Them that Sit in Darkness A Discourse of Jesus Christ
  191. A Discourse of the Word, the Instrument of Regeneration
  192. The Greatness of the Soul
  193. Israel’s Hope Encouraged
  194. A Discourse of God's being the Author of Reconciliation
  195. A Discourse of the Nature of Regeneration
  196. A Discourse of the Efficient of Regeneration, Part 1
  197. God’s Creation of Man: Lecture 16
  198. The Fall of the First Man: Lecture 21
  199. The Truth of God
  200. Sermon 17 (2 Cor 1:24)
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