The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 2H. Hooker, 1845 |
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... true it is , that from my very youth , I have been bent extremely upon such sort of studies , as in- clined me , if not to do great things myself , at least to celebrate those that did , ) yet as having no confidence in any such ...
... true it is , that from my very youth , I have been bent extremely upon such sort of studies , as in- clined me , if not to do great things myself , at least to celebrate those that did , ) yet as having no confidence in any such ...
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... true sober courage ; a courage becoming men that can contain themselves , and are in their right wits . " There were none that did not curse the authors of so horrible a villany . " But yet , you say , their tongues clove to the roof of ...
... true sober courage ; a courage becoming men that can contain themselves , and are in their right wits . " There were none that did not curse the authors of so horrible a villany . " But yet , you say , their tongues clove to the roof of ...
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... true narrative of the king's story , as to make your own empty intended flourishes go off the better . For " being now about to give us an account of the matter of fact , you find yourself encompassed and affrighted with so many ...
... true narrative of the king's story , as to make your own empty intended flourishes go off the better . For " being now about to give us an account of the matter of fact , you find yourself encompassed and affrighted with so many ...
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... true , that small number of men would have deserved to have dominion over the rest ; valiant men over fainthearted cowards . " These are they that pre- sumptuously took upon them to change , " antiquum regni regimen , in alium qui à ...
... true , that small number of men would have deserved to have dominion over the rest ; valiant men over fainthearted cowards . " These are they that pre- sumptuously took upon them to change , " antiquum regni regimen , in alium qui à ...
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... , " A king ought not only to command , but also to obey . " All this is very true , you will say , a king ought to observe the laws , as well as any other man . But what if he will not , 22 A DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLE of England ,
... , " A king ought not only to command , but also to obey . " All this is very true , you will say , a king ought to observe the laws , as well as any other man . But what if he will not , 22 A DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLE of England ,
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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.