Milton's Prose Tracts as a Gloss on Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson AgonistesStanford University, 1971 - 648 pages |
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Page 136
... Justice must . ( III , 203-210 ) Empson , following Shelley , says God's pronouncement here is nonsense . That man's death is demanded by justice , Empson finds " superstition " and " no part of English justice , be- cause the ...
... Justice must . ( III , 203-210 ) Empson , following Shelley , says God's pronouncement here is nonsense . That man's death is demanded by justice , Empson finds " superstition " and " no part of English justice , be- cause the ...
Page 139
... justice is open to them . Though Adam , from his perspective in human history , is not yet in a position to see - as are the readers of his story that Death , in truth , is one of God's mercies , Mil- ton demonstrates for us in his poem ...
... justice is open to them . Though Adam , from his perspective in human history , is not yet in a position to see - as are the readers of his story that Death , in truth , is one of God's mercies , Mil- ton demonstrates for us in his poem ...
Page 228
... justice . God does not reward evil or punish good . The fall of a moral creature is always the result of sin ; from this point on Samson , by combatting the mistakes of the Chorus , will grow spiritually into the faith that this is so ...
... justice . God does not reward evil or punish good . The fall of a moral creature is always the result of sin ; from this point on Samson , by combatting the mistakes of the Chorus , will grow spiritually into the faith that this is so ...
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Abdiel Adam Adam and Eve Adam's angels answer Areopagitica argued argument belief Book C. S. Lewis cause Chapter Charles Chorus Christ Christian Doctrine Christian liberty church civil claim command created creation critics Cromwell Dalila death divine right divorce tracts earth Eikon Basilike Eikonoklastes Empson Eve's evil experience faith fall fallen false father flesh freedom fulfil glory God's Harapha hath heaven Hebrew hell Hooker human Jephtha John Milton judge judgment justice king kingdom kingship Lord man's marriage meaning Milton Milton's political mind monarchy moral Morand obedience Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Philistine poem poetry Psalm Puritan rational creature readers rebellion recognize reform relationship religion religious reveals right reason royalist rule ruler Salmasius Samson Agonistes Satan says Scripture Second Defence seek slaves spirit strength temptation thee things thinking thir thou thought tion true truth tyranny tyrant understand unfallen William Empson words worship