The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... actions will bear eternal witnefs , how little careful or folicitous he was , what he promised or what he uttered there . XII . Upon the Rebellion in Ireland . THE rebellion and horrid maffacre of English pro- testants in Ireland , to ...
... actions will bear eternal witnefs , how little careful or folicitous he was , what he promised or what he uttered there . XII . Upon the Rebellion in Ireland . THE rebellion and horrid maffacre of English pro- testants in Ireland , to ...
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... actions of his own , be- ing fo abundant , his bare denial , though with impreca- tion , can no way countervail ; and leaft of all in his own cause . As for the commiffion granted them , he thinks to evade that by retorting , that ...
... actions of his own , be- ing fo abundant , his bare denial , though with impreca- tion , can no way countervail ; and leaft of all in his own cause . As for the commiffion granted them , he thinks to evade that by retorting , that ...
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... actions , augments the difficulty . But he ufurps a common faying , " That it is kingly to do well , and hear ill . " That may be fometimes true : but far more frequently to do ill and hear well ; fo great is the multitude of flatterers ...
... actions , augments the difficulty . But he ufurps a common faying , " That it is kingly to do well , and hear ill . " That may be fometimes true : but far more frequently to do ill and hear well ; fo great is the multitude of flatterers ...
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... actions , or till actions could be cleared , by evident reafons ; but mere words we are too well ac- quainted with . Had " his honour and reputation been dearer to him " than the luft of reigning , how could the parliament of either ...
... actions , or till actions could be cleared , by evident reafons ; but mere words we are too well ac- quainted with . Had " his honour and reputation been dearer to him " than the luft of reigning , how could the parliament of either ...
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... actions , it hap- pens , as to bad poets , who fit and ftarve themfelves with a delufive hope to win immortality by their bad lines . For though men ought not to " fpeak evil of dignities " which are juft , yet nothing hinders us to ...
... actions , it hap- pens , as to bad poets , who fit and ftarve themfelves with a delufive hope to win immortality by their bad lines . For though men ought not to " fpeak evil of dignities " which are juft , yet nothing hinders us to ...
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Page 360 - And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham...
Page 361 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
Page 371 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 339 - For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, and ye are complete in him ; which is the head of all principality and power...
Page 147 - 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 368 - Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Page 323 - Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand.
Page 363 - And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give; for the labourer is worthy of his hire ; Go not from house to house.
Page 317 - A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes ; showing that it is not lawful for any Power on Earth to compel in matters of Religion.
Page 387 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.