The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1871 |
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... Reformation of the Times 430 " . 434 440 445 · · 450 CHAP . XXI . - Upon his Letters taken and divulged CHAP . XXII . - Upon his going to the Scots · 452 456 CHAP . XXIII . — Upon the Scots delivering the King to the English 457 CHAP ...
... Reformation of the Times 430 " . 434 440 445 · · 450 CHAP . XXI . - Upon his Letters taken and divulged CHAP . XXII . - Upon his going to the Scots · 452 456 CHAP . XXIII . — Upon the Scots delivering the King to the English 457 CHAP ...
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... reformation , and to explain the causes which had hitherto hindered it . In his peculiarly nervous and masculine eloquence he describes the corruptions of the gospel introduced by priestly heresiarchs , la- menting " that such a ...
... reformation , and to explain the causes which had hitherto hindered it . In his peculiarly nervous and masculine eloquence he describes the corruptions of the gospel introduced by priestly heresiarchs , la- menting " that such a ...
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... Reformation flashed forth ; at which , " methinks , " says Milton , 66 a sovereign and reviving joy must needs rush into the bosom of him that reads or hears , and the sweet odour of the returning Gospel im- bathe his soul with the ...
... Reformation flashed forth ; at which , " methinks , " says Milton , 66 a sovereign and reviving joy must needs rush into the bosom of him that reads or hears , and the sweet odour of the returning Gospel im- bathe his soul with the ...
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... reformation . But , among those who most honourably distinguish themselves in the service of the people , advocating the cause which Milton advo- cated , and diffusing far and wide the principles that inflamed his mind , and rendered ...
... reformation . But , among those who most honourably distinguish themselves in the service of the people , advocating the cause which Milton advo- cated , and diffusing far and wide the principles that inflamed his mind , and rendered ...
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... reformation , do you deny it if you dare . You confess , that many kings have come to an unnatural death ; some by the sword , some poisoned , some strangled , and some in a dungeon ; but for a king to be arraigned in a court of ...
... reformation , do you deny it if you dare . You confess , that many kings have come to an unnatural death ; some by the sword , some poisoned , some strangled , and some in a dungeon ; but for a king to be arraigned in a court of ...
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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...