John Milton: His Life and Times, Religious and Political Opinions: With an Appendix, Containing Animadversions Upon Dr. Johnson's Life of Milton, Etc., EtcE. Wilson, 1833 - 397 pages |
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... professing the Roman faith , had charged Constantine with having marred every thing in the church : " Ah ! Constantine , of how much ill the cause , Not thy conversion , but those rich domains , That the first wealthy Pope secured of ...
... professing the Roman faith , had charged Constantine with having marred every thing in the church : " Ah ! Constantine , of how much ill the cause , Not thy conversion , but those rich domains , That the first wealthy Pope secured of ...
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... professed faith in Christ , desired that they might be dis- missed from that communion , and allowed to form a distinct congregation , in such order as was most agreeable to their own sentiments . 66 The church considering they were now ...
... professed faith in Christ , desired that they might be dis- missed from that communion , and allowed to form a distinct congregation , in such order as was most agreeable to their own sentiments . 66 The church considering they were now ...
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... profess faith in God by Jesus Christ , though they differ in judgment from the doctrine , wor- ship , or discipline , publicly held forth , shall not be restrained Some extracts have been made from MILTON'S " Second Defence 160 LIFE OF ...
... profess faith in God by Jesus Christ , though they differ in judgment from the doctrine , wor- ship , or discipline , publicly held forth , shall not be restrained Some extracts have been made from MILTON'S " Second Defence 160 LIFE OF ...
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... profess , the conscience also becomes implicit , and so by voluntary servitude to man's law , forfeits her Christian ... professing to be Protestants , deserve as little to be tolerated themselves , being no less guilty of popery LIFE OF ...
... profess , the conscience also becomes implicit , and so by voluntary servitude to man's law , forfeits her Christian ... professing to be Protestants , deserve as little to be tolerated themselves , being no less guilty of popery LIFE OF ...
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... profess ! How dishonourable to the name of God , that his fear , and the power of his knowledge in an army professing to be his , should not work that obedience , that fidelity to their supreme magis- trates , that levied them and paid ...
... profess ! How dishonourable to the name of God , that his fear , and the power of his knowledge in an army professing to be his , should not work that obedience , that fidelity to their supreme magis- trates , that levied them and paid ...
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Page 84 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Page 283 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 283 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of...
Page 164 - Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was veiled ; yet to my fancied sight Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined So clear as in no face with more delight. But, oh ! as to embrace me she inclined, I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night.
Page 68 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 147 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?
Page 280 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought Death into the world and all our woe, With loss of Eden (till one greater Man Restore us and regain the blissful seat!), Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 334 - God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil-doers.
Page 284 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 286 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony...