6: translated into a better language

Donne comments that the church ceremonies (baptisms and funerals especially) are important to him because all people who are born and die are linked to him through God. He uses the book metaphor to illustrate this point. God is the author and each man is a chapter in His book. He extends this metaphor by saying that when we die, and we all must die, our lives are elevated (translated) into a higher state (better language). This statement is a very common Neoplatonic concept for the time period.