Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English theologian and writer John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. It is a series of reflections that were written as Donne recovered from a serious illness. The work consists of twenty-three parts describing each stage of the sickness. Each part is further divided into a Meditation, an Expostulation , and a Prayer. The work is an excellent example of seventeenth century English spirituality and sometimes feels a ...