 So were created, nor can justly accuse Their maker, or their making, or their fate, As if predestination overruled Their will, disposed by absolute decree Or high foreknowledge; they themselves decreed Their own revolt, not I: if I foreknew, Foreknowledge...  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 57by John Milton - 1899 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Docherty - Philosophy - 2006 - 210 pages
...their making, or their Fate; As if Predestination over-rul'd Their will, dispos'd by absolute Decree Or high foreknowledge; they themselves decreed Their...had no influence on their fault, Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown.38 This passage tries to reconcile freedom with prejudice, and the consequence... | |
 | Robert Peter Kennedy, Kim Paffenroth, John Doody - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 430 pages
...fall. Blurring the distinction between the fallen angels and humanity yet to fall, the Father observes, They trespass, Authors to themselves in all Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves: I else must change... | |
 | Paul Cavill, Heather Ward - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 514 pages
...British Christianity in the seventeenth century) and God's omniscience. Says the Father to the Son: . . . they themselves decreed Their own revolt, not I: if...foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. (III:116-18) The poem covers the story of *creation, *fall, and ^redemption, what Leopold Damrosch... | |
 | Thomas L. Pangle - Political Science - 2007 - 304 pages
...over-rul'd Thir will, dispos'd by Absolute Decree Or high foreknowledge; they themselves decreed Thir own revolt, not I: if I foreknew. Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown. 41 Yet (an Aristotelian logician might ask; see On Interpretation i8a33fT.)... | |
 | Webb Keane - Religion - 2007 - 336 pages
...shadows. PART I Locating Protestantism Waingapu, East Sumba, 1986. Photo by Webb Keane. 1 Religion's Reach They trespass, Authors to themselves in all, Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves. J0HN MILT0N, Paradise... | |
 | Webb Keane - Religion - 2007 - 336 pages
...shadows. PART I Locating Protestantism Waingapu, East Sumba, 1986. Photo by Webb Keane. Religion's Reach They trespass, Authors to themselves in all, Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves. JOHN MILTON, Paradise... | |
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