Prose Works of John Milton ...Hurst, 1865 - 846 pages |
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... commands ambiguous and ob- scure we should think he had a plot upon us ; certainly such commands were no commands , but snares . The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness ; the darkness and crookedness is our own . The ...
... commands ambiguous and ob- scure we should think he had a plot upon us ; certainly such commands were no commands , but snares . The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness ; the darkness and crookedness is our own . The ...
Page 48
... knight before the Conquest might be cho- sen in whom to lay the pattern of a Christian hero . And as Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice whether he would command him to write of God- frey's 48 REASON OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT.
... knight before the Conquest might be cho- sen in whom to lay the pattern of a Christian hero . And as Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice whether he would command him to write of God- frey's 48 REASON OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT.
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... command nothing against the good of man , and much more no civil command against his civil good . If we understand not this , we are but cracked cymbals , we do but tinkle , we know nothing , we do nothing , all the sweat of our ...
... command nothing against the good of man , and much more no civil command against his civil good . If we understand not this , we are but cracked cymbals , we do but tinkle , we know nothing , we do nothing , all the sweat of our ...
Contents
FROM THE TREATISE OF REFORMATION IN ENGLAND | 1 |
FROM THE TREATISE OF PRELATICAL EPISCOPACY | 25 |
FROM ANIMADVERSIONS UPON THE REMONSTRANTS DEFENCE | 65 |
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