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Page 128
... Scripture in their mouths , glossed and fitted for their turns with a double contradictory sense , transforming the sacred verity of God to an idol with two faces . . . and with the same quotations to charge others which they made serve ...
... Scripture in their mouths , glossed and fitted for their turns with a double contradictory sense , transforming the sacred verity of God to an idol with two faces . . . and with the same quotations to charge others which they made serve ...
Page 169
... Scriptures . Here also he was not so much at fault as in contradiction , once more , with what he now knew to be the truth about human beings . Hobbes drew the logical conclu- sion : they were no more fit to interpret Scripture than ...
... Scriptures . Here also he was not so much at fault as in contradiction , once more , with what he now knew to be the truth about human beings . Hobbes drew the logical conclu- sion : they were no more fit to interpret Scripture than ...
Page 175
... Scripture only ; and therein from true fundamental principles of the Gospel , to all knowing Christians undeniable ... Scriptural terms , and even in those may well be THE PURITAN COLLAPSE 175.
... Scripture only ; and therein from true fundamental principles of the Gospel , to all knowing Christians undeniable ... Scriptural terms , and even in those may well be THE PURITAN COLLAPSE 175.
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Paradise Lost | 215 |
Milton Christ and Samson | 243 |
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