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" A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the Assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. "
The Milton Anthology: Selected from the Prose Writings - Page 119
by John Milton - 1876 - 486 pages
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Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate ...

Francis Blackburne - Education - 1780 - 408 pages
...things only becaufe his Parlor fayes fo, or the Affembly fo determins, without knowing other reafon, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds, becomes his herefie. There is not any burden that fom would gladlier poft off to another, then the charge and care...
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Sermons: By John Disney, D.D. F.S.A. In Two Volumes. ...

John Disney - Sermons, English - 1793 - 516 pages
...only becaufe his paftor fays fq, or the " aflembly .fo determines, without knowing other rea" fon, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he " holds, becomes his herefy."—.Milton's Areopagitica. •(p. 318.J—edit. affixed to Remarks on Johnfon's Life of Milton,...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...flow not in a perpetual progreffion, they ficken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only becaufe his paftor fays fo, or the aflembly fo determines, without knowing other reafon, though his...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 440 pages
...things only becaule his paflor fays fo, or the aflembly fo determines, without knowing other reafon, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his herefy. There is not any burden, that fome would gladlier poft off to another, than the charge and...
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Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...progression, they sicken into a muddy pool -of .A' conformity and tradition. A man may be a hereticjin <-' the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without_ knp win" other reason, though because his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes...
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Occasional Essays on Various Subjects: Chiefly Political and Historical ...

Francis Maseres - Canada - 1809 - 638 pages
...kuUt.h " 'S becaufe his paftor fays ib, or the aflembly fo determines, without knowing other reafon, though, his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his hcrefjv There is not any burden, that fome would gladlierpoftoiF to another, than the charge and care...
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Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ...

John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 464 pages
...Truth ; and if he h$leeve things only because his Pastor sayes so,- p*e the Assembly so determins, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very Truth he holds, becomes his Heresie6. There is not * A man may be a Heretick in the Truth ; and {f he belong things only because...
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Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ...

John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 484 pages
...; and if he beleere things only because his Pastor sayes so, or the Assembly so determins witlniut knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very Truth he holds, becomes his Heresie.] Before theological Disputants gave it a technical appropriation to what each deemed the pravities...
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The Christian Philosopher Triumphing Over Death: A Narrative of [...] the ...

Newmann Hall - 1819 - 242 pages
...his inquiries, and the frank confession of his difficulties. It is a fine remark of Milton's, "A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastors say so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true,...
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The Unitarian Miscellany and Christian Monitor, Volume 2

Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Unitarianism - 1822 - 356 pages
...deserves, and I hope will receive, extensive patronage and circulation. A MAH, says Milton, may be an heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only...pastor says so, or the Assembly so determines, without having other reason, though his belief be .true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. —...
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