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... Christian tradition of Christian humanism , of which Hooker and Milton are classic exemplars , God is among other things the source and guarantee of order , of absolutes which he himself could not alter ; he is not Calvin's arbitrary ...
... Christian tradition of Christian humanism , of which Hooker and Milton are classic exemplars , God is among other things the source and guarantee of order , of absolutes which he himself could not alter ; he is not Calvin's arbitrary ...
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... Christ is aiming at an earthly throne , and Christ rejects the world's prizes with a temperance and magnanimity both pagan and Christian . After the appeal to the senses comes wealth , which Christ puts aside with a Renais- sance ...
... Christ is aiming at an earthly throne , and Christ rejects the world's prizes with a temperance and magnanimity both pagan and Christian . After the appeal to the senses comes wealth , which Christ puts aside with a Renais- sance ...
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... Christian doctrines are ad- mitted , no clear statement of the working of grace , not even faith in Samson's ... Christian with an assured belief in Providence cannot write a tragedy . But Milton was a Christian , and Samson is a tragedy ...
... Christian doctrines are ad- mitted , no clear statement of the working of grace , not even faith in Samson's ... Christian with an assured belief in Providence cannot write a tragedy . But Milton was a Christian , and Samson is a tragedy ...
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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