John Milton: His Life and Times, Religious and Political Opinions: With an Appendix, Containing Animadversions Upon Dr. Johnson's Life of Milton, Etc., Etc |
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... give an accurate and full - length portrait , in all those respects , of this most emi- nent of our countrymen . For the purpose of accomplishing this design , he has made consider- able extracts from the prose writings of MILTON , by ...
... give an accurate and full - length portrait , in all those respects , of this most emi- nent of our countrymen . For the purpose of accomplishing this design , he has made consider- able extracts from the prose writings of MILTON , by ...
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... give weight to his recommendations , that his remarks applied to Presbyterian , and not to Episcopal " hirelings . " His objection was to the system of tithes , because he considered it directly opposed to the genius of Christianity ...
... give weight to his recommendations , that his remarks applied to Presbyterian , and not to Episcopal " hirelings . " His objection was to the system of tithes , because he considered it directly opposed to the genius of Christianity ...
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... give up his further travels , and , with his noble compatriots , to jeopard his life on the high places of the field . " 66 Before returning to England , however , he made up his mind again to visit Rome , though he was advised by some ...
... give up his further travels , and , with his noble compatriots , to jeopard his life on the high places of the field . " 66 Before returning to England , however , he made up his mind again to visit Rome , though he was advised by some ...
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... give them play , front and rear , it shall be my task to prove that Episcopacy , with that authori- ty which it challenges in England , is not only not agreeable , but tending to the destruction of monarchy . " As a proof of the pious ...
... give them play , front and rear , it shall be my task to prove that Episcopacy , with that authori- ty which it challenges in England , is not only not agreeable , but tending to the destruction of monarchy . " As a proof of the pious ...
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... give his opinion of free , or extempore prayer , he thus expresses himself : - " Let the grave councils put their books upon their shelves again , and string them hard , lest their various and jangling opinions put their leaves into a ...
... give his opinion of free , or extempore prayer , he thus expresses himself : - " Let the grave councils put their books upon their shelves again , and string them hard , lest their various and jangling opinions put their leaves into a ...
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Page 353 - It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the sacraments in the congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the congregation, to call and send ministers into the Lord's vineyard.
Page 86 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Page 288 - OF MAN'S first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse...
Page 353 - Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened, but it is also a sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the Church ; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God. The baptism of young children is in any wise to be retained in the Church, as most agreeable...
Page 291 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 291 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of...
Page 153 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?
Page 354 - God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil-doers.
Page 292 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 169 - Purification in the old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind: Her face was...