 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
 | Heinrich Schmidt - 1882 - 78 pages
...him reason, give him freedom to choose, as reason is but choosing? What else would he have been than 'a mere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions' '! 4) It is in this way that Milton goes on, and that he characterizes Arminius as 'acute and distinct',... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...name, what praise could be then due to well doing, whatgramercysto be sober, just or continent ? Many there be that complain of divine Providence for suffering...reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is hut choosing;4 he had been else a mere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions. s We... | |
 | Alexander Whyte - 1883 - 250 pages
...philosophical schools, and is seldom heard from the lips of worldly men " (Binnie). USES. — I. "Many there be that complain of Divine Providence for suffering Adam to transgress. Foolish tongues 1 When God gave him reason, He gave him freedom to choose ; for reason is but choosing : he had been... | |
 | Max Karl Gottschalk - 1883 - 402 pages
...him reason, give him freedom to choose, as reason is but choosing? What eise would he have beeu than 'a mere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions' ? 4) It is in this way that Milton goes on, and that he characterizes Arminius as 'acute and distinct',... | |
 | John Milton - 1884 - 326 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...artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions. 1 We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force ; God therefore left... | |
 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1884 - 304 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 motions.1 We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force ; God therefore... | |
 | John Milton - 1884 - 304 pages
...Areopagitica " is quoted by more than one editor as supporting the erroneous reading:—"When God gave Adam reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing." * O The narrow meaning they have imposed upon this remark betrays a superficial reading of it. Milton... | |
 | Jones Very - 1886 - 568 pages
...great epic. In fact, Milton's poem but confirms more strongly the conclusion we drew from Dante's, that dramatic is supplying the place of epic interest....stronger the more the mind is influenced by Christianity, and this it is which has transferred the interest from the outward manifestation of the passions exhibited... | |
 | Jones Very - 1886 - 568 pages
...great epic. In fact, Milton's poem but confirms more strongly the conclusion we drew from Dante's, that dramatic is supplying the place of epic interest....him freedom to choose ; for reason is but choosing. lie had been else a mere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions. We ourselves esteem... | |
 | 1886 - 330 pages
...what praise could be then due to well-doing, what grammercy to be sober, just, or continent ? Many there be that complain of Divine Providence for suffering...of 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... | |
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