Essays in Divinity is a prose work by the poet and preacher John Donne. Likely written in 1614 before Donne took holy orders, this text consists of two extended explications and meditations on the first verses in the Biblical books of Genesis and Exodus, followed by prayers. The range of topics discussed in Donne's essays shows his extensive reading in the Church Fathers, as well as his knowledge of more obscure subjects like Cabbalism and the book of creatures.