The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 2H. Hooker, 1845 |
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... a malefactor , is not much in the dark : he had condemned him- self in the 5th verse , " The man that hath done this thing shall surely die . " So To which the prophet presently replies 32 A DEFENCE of the PEOPLE OF ENGLAND ,
... a malefactor , is not much in the dark : he had condemned him- self in the 5th verse , " The man that hath done this thing shall surely die . " So To which the prophet presently replies 32 A DEFENCE of the PEOPLE OF ENGLAND ,
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... hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart , he hath put down the mighty from their seat , and hath exalted the humble and meek ! " How ill suited to their occasion would these expressions be , if the coming of Christ ...
... hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart , he hath put down the mighty from their seat , and hath exalted the humble and meek ! " How ill suited to their occasion would these expressions be , if the coming of Christ ...
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... hath not done , Amos iii . So that famine , pestilence , se- dition , war , all of them are of God ; and is it therefore unlawful for a people afflicted with any of these plagues , to endeavour to get rid of them ? Cer- tainly they ...
... hath not done , Amos iii . So that famine , pestilence , se- dition , war , all of them are of God ; and is it therefore unlawful for a people afflicted with any of these plagues , to endeavour to get rid of them ? Cer- tainly they ...
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... hath received his punishment . But since you choose rather to discourse confidently and at large upon that subject , I will make you sensible , that you could not have done a more inconsiderate thing , than to reserve the worst part of ...
... hath received his punishment . But since you choose rather to discourse confidently and at large upon that subject , I will make you sensible , that you could not have done a more inconsiderate thing , than to reserve the worst part of ...
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... hath confined and dedicated first to my own nation ; and in a season wherein the timely reading thereof , to the easier accomplishment of your great work , may save you much labour and interruption of two parts usually proposed , civil ...
... hath confined and dedicated first to my own nation ; and in a season wherein the timely reading thereof , to the easier accomplishment of your great work , may save you much labour and interruption of two parts usually proposed , civil ...
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Page 160 - Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 193 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 42 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 166 - But Peter said unto him ; Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 159 - Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Page 347 - Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. "For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Page 167 - Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Page 130 - Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page 139 - For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Page 149 - At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.