The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1871 |
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... concerning person , that I may , since you desire it of me , let you see how far I have got any clear and distinct apprehensions of person from his lordship's explication of that . His lordship's words are : Let us now come to the idea ...
... concerning person , that I may , since you desire it of me , let you see how far I have got any clear and distinct apprehensions of person from his lordship's explication of that . His lordship's words are : Let us now come to the idea ...
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... concerning the Hebrew nation ; and it does not appear but that other nations are , as to this respect , in the same condition . Another remark that this place yields us , is , that a commonwealth is a more perfect form of government ...
... concerning the Hebrew nation ; and it does not appear but that other nations are , as to this respect , in the same condition . Another remark that this place yields us , is , that a commonwealth is a more perfect form of government ...
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... concerning the creation of the king , he interprets this chapter of Deuteronomy , he sets a king loose from the law no otherwise than as an enemy may be said to be so : " They , " says he , " that to the prejudice and destruction of the ...
... concerning the creation of the king , he interprets this chapter of Deuteronomy , he sets a king loose from the law no otherwise than as an enemy may be said to be so : " They , " says he , " that to the prejudice and destruction of the ...
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... concerning the right of kings , and all this under a monarchy , would you be angry with him ? You would have but very little reason . It is evi- dent , that our Saviour's principles concerning government were not agreeable to the humour ...
... concerning the right of kings , and all this under a monarchy , would you be angry with him ? You would have but very little reason . It is evi- dent , that our Saviour's principles concerning government were not agreeable to the humour ...
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... concerning bishops , which under a feigned name you wrote against Petavius the Jesuit ; though yourself are more a Jesuit than he , nay , worse than any of that crew . We have already heard the sense of the Scripture upon this subject ...
... concerning bishops , which under a feigned name you wrote against Petavius the Jesuit ; though yourself are more a Jesuit than he , nay , worse than any of that crew . We have already heard the sense of the Scripture upon this subject ...
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Page 47 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 484 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page iv - ... in heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth, being but so many wild dreams, and their sentiments and language every way worthy of the matter.
Page 495 - Sonnets, Triumphs, and other Poems. Translated into English Verse by various Hands. With a Life of the Poet by Thomas Campbell. With Portrait and 15 Steel Engravings. 5*.
Page 71 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same: . for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 69 - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Page 66 - 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 evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well.
Page 33 - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire...
Page 33 - When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me...