 Many there be that complain of Divine Providence for suffering Adam to transgress; foolish tongues! When God gave him reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing; he had been else a mere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in...  Essays and Poems - Page 26by Jones Very - 1839 - 175 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Dante Alighieri - 1862 - 360 pages
...to possess a petrifying quality. 3 See Canto xxvii. 39 and note. 4 "Many there be that complain of Providence for suffering Adam to transgress. Foolish...artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions" (that is, in the Automata, or Puppet show, representing the Fall).—MILTON'S Areopagitica. They may... | |
 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...what praise could be then due to well doing, what gramercy* to be sober, just, or continent 1 Many there be that complain of divine Providence for suffering...choosing ; he had been else a mere artificial Adam. We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force ; God therefore left... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...name, what praise could be then due to well-doing, what gramercy' to be sober 'just or continent? Many there be that complain of divine Providence for suffering...mere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions3. We ourselves esteem not of that obedience or love or gift, which is of force ; God therefore... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...praise could be then due to well-doing, what gramercy3 to be (for being) sober, just, or continent? Many there be that complain of Divine Providence for suffering...freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing ; he had "bin" else a " meer " artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions.4 We ourselves esteem not... | |
 | John Milton - 1869 - 588 pages
...he had bin elfe a meer artificial! Adam, fuch an Adam as he is in the motions. We our felves efteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force : God therefore left him free, fet before him a provoking object, ever almofl in his eyes herein confifted... | |
 | John Milton - 1868 - 168 pages
...he had bin elfe a meer artificial! Adam, fuch an Adam as he is in the motions. We our felves efteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force : God therefore left him free, fet before him a provoking object, ever almoft in his eyes herein confifted... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 382 pages
...what praise could be then due to well-doing, what gramercy to be sober, just or continent ? " Many there be that complain of divine Providence for suffering...that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force; God therefore left him free, set before him a provoking object ever almost in his eyes; herein consisted... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 356 pages
...name, what praise could be then due to well-doing, what gramercy to be sober, just or continent? "Many there be that complain of divine Providence for suffering...that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force ; God therefore left him free, set before him a provoking object ever almost in his eyes ; herein consisted... | |
 | 1870 - 682 pages
...without which freedom they could not be the subjects of moral government. "Many there be," says Milton, "that complain of Divine Providence for suffering...choosing ; he had been else a mere artificial Adam." Here are some of the great principles of government, the seeds of history. And the simplicity, the... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1870 - 730 pages
...which freedom they could not be the subjects of moral government. u Many there be," says Milton, " that complain of Divine Providence for suffering Adam...choosing ; he had been else a mere artificial Adam." Here are some of the great principles of government, the seeds of history. And the simplicity, the... | |
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