The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... parliament , who receives all he hath from the people , and for the people's good ? Yet now he brings his own conditional rights to conteft and be preferred before the people's good ; and yet unless it be in order to their good , he ...
... parliament , who receives all he hath from the people , and for the people's good ? Yet now he brings his own conditional rights to conteft and be preferred before the people's good ; and yet unless it be in order to their good , he ...
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... parliament which is not in their own power , but he must be greater alfo than the kingdom which they reprefent : fo that to honour him with the giving part was a mere civility , and may be well termed the courtefy of England , not the ...
... parliament which is not in their own power , but he must be greater alfo than the kingdom which they reprefent : fo that to honour him with the giving part was a mere civility , and may be well termed the courtefy of England , not the ...
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... parliament advised him to , as the chief means of our public welfare and reformation . Thefe fcruples to many perhaps will feem pretended ; to others , upon as good grounds , may feem real ; and that it was the juft judgment of God ...
... parliament advised him to , as the chief means of our public welfare and reformation . Thefe fcruples to many perhaps will feem pretended ; to others , upon as good grounds , may feem real ; and that it was the juft judgment of God ...
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... parliament , but to be guided by them ; any of whom poffibly may as far excel him in the gift of wisdom , as he them in place and dignity . But much nearer is it to impoffibility , that any king alone fhould be wifer than all his ...
... parliament , but to be guided by them ; any of whom poffibly may as far excel him in the gift of wisdom , as he them in place and dignity . But much nearer is it to impoffibility , that any king alone fhould be wifer than all his ...
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... parliament and nation from being flaves : neither can any tyrant require more than that his will or reafon , though not fatisfying , fhould yet be refted in , and determine all things . We may conclude therefore , that when the parliament ...
... parliament and nation from being flaves : neither can any tyrant require more than that his will or reafon , though not fatisfying , fhould yet be refted in , and determine all things . We may conclude therefore , that when the parliament ...
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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.