The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... First , pe- titioning , in better English , is no more than requesting or requiring ; and men require not favours only , but their due ; and that not only from fuperiors , but from equals , and inferiors alfo . The nobleft Romans , when ...
... First , pe- titioning , in better English , is no more than requesting or requiring ; and men require not favours only , but their due ; and that not only from fuperiors , but from equals , and inferiors alfo . The nobleft Romans , when ...
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... first removed , all petitions heard and answered . This is not only reafon , but the known law of the land . " When he heard that propofitions would be fent him , " he fat conjecturing what they would propound ; and because they ...
... first removed , all petitions heard and answered . This is not only reafon , but the known law of the land . " When he heard that propofitions would be fent him , " he fat conjecturing what they would propound ; and because they ...
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... first that hunted after faction , is re- puted by ancient tradition the first that founded monarchy ; whence it appears , that to hunt after faction is more properly the king's game ; and thofe hounds , which he calls the vulgar , have ...
... first that hunted after faction , is re- puted by ancient tradition the first that founded monarchy ; whence it appears , that to hunt after faction is more properly the king's game ; and thofe hounds , which he calls the vulgar , have ...
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... first created kings ; and not only made laws before a king was in being , but thofe laws especially whereby he holds his crown . He ought then to have fo thought of a par- liament , if he count it not male , as of his mother , which to ...
... first created kings ; and not only made laws before a king was in being , but thofe laws especially whereby he holds his crown . He ought then to have fo thought of a par- liament , if he count it not male , as of his mother , which to ...
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... first from his own commands , whom they faw ufing daily no greater argument to prove the truth of his religion than by enduring no other but his own Prelatical ; and , to force it upon others , made epifcopal , ceremonial , and common ...
... first from his own commands , whom they faw ufing daily no greater argument to prove the truth of his religion than by enduring no other but his own Prelatical ; and , to force it upon others , made epifcopal , ceremonial , and common ...
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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.