The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 3G. Bell and Sons, 1909 |
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Page 189
... marry to satisfy the fleshly appe tite , like brute beasts , that have no understanding ; " but the canon so runs , as if it dreamed of no other matter than such an appetite to be satisfied ; for if it happen that nature hath stopped or ...
... marry to satisfy the fleshly appe tite , like brute beasts , that have no understanding ; " but the canon so runs , as if it dreamed of no other matter than such an appetite to be satisfied ; for if it happen that nature hath stopped or ...
Page 191
... marry than to burn . " Marriage , therefore , was given as a remedy of that trouble : but what might this burning mean ? Certainly not the mere motion of carnal lust , not the mere goad of a sensitive desire : God does not principally ...
... marry than to burn . " Marriage , therefore , was given as a remedy of that trouble : but what might this burning mean ? Certainly not the mere motion of carnal lust , not the mere goad of a sensitive desire : God does not principally ...
Page 192
... marry , and compelled to greater difficulties than in a single life ; for if there be not a more humane burning which marriage must satisfy , or else may be dissolved , than that of copulation , marriage cannot be honourable for the ...
... marry , and compelled to greater difficulties than in a single life ; for if there be not a more humane burning which marriage must satisfy , or else may be dissolved , than that of copulation , marriage cannot be honourable for the ...
Page 193
... marry ; for , as was plainly shewn , both the hate which now diverts him , and the loneliness which leads him still power- fully to seek a fit help , hath not the least grain of a sin in it , if he be worthy to understand himself ...
... marry ; for , as was plainly shewn , both the hate which now diverts him , and the loneliness which leads him still power- fully to seek a fit help , hath not the least grain of a sin in it , if he be worthy to understand himself ...
Page 198
... must set marriage above God and charity , which is the docrine of devils , no less than forbidding to marry . + CHAPTER VIII That an idolatrous Heretic ought to be divorced 198 THE DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE OF DIVORCE .
... must set marriage above God and charity , which is the docrine of devils , no less than forbidding to marry . + CHAPTER VIII That an idolatrous Heretic ought to be divorced 198 THE DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE OF DIVORCE .
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