The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... against them , he is no king . If therefore he obtrude upon us any public mifchief , or withhold from us any general good , which is wrong in the higheft degree , he muft do it as a tyrant , not as a king of England , by the known ...
... against them , he is no king . If therefore he obtrude upon us any public mifchief , or withhold from us any general good , which is wrong in the higheft degree , he muft do it as a tyrant , not as a king of England , by the known ...
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... against the people's choice puts us in mind rather what the court was wont to do , and how to tamper with elections : neither was there at that time any faction more potent , or more likely to do fuch a bufinefs , than they themselves ...
... against the people's choice puts us in mind rather what the court was wont to do , and how to tamper with elections : neither was there at that time any faction more potent , or more likely to do fuch a bufinefs , than they themselves ...
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... against him : " but in- deed of moft men's juft fufpicion , by finding in it no fuch wide departure or difagreement from the fcope of his former counfels and proceedings . And that he himfelf was the author of that rebellion , he denies ...
... against him : " but in- deed of moft men's juft fufpicion , by finding in it no fuch wide departure or difagreement from the fcope of his former counfels and proceedings . And that he himfelf was the author of that rebellion , he denies ...
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... against the parliament and city , finding no compliance anfwerable to his hope from the proteftant armies , be- takes himself last to the Irifh ; who had in readiness an army of eight thousand papifts , which he had refufed fo often to ...
... against the parliament and city , finding no compliance anfwerable to his hope from the proteftant armies , be- takes himself last to the Irifh ; who had in readiness an army of eight thousand papifts , which he had refufed fo often to ...
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... Against all which teftimonies , like- lihoods , evidences , and apparent actions of his own , be- ing fo abundant , his bare denial , though with impreca- tion , can no way countervail ; and leaft of all in his own cause . As for the ...
... Against all which teftimonies , like- lihoods , evidences , and apparent actions of his own , be- ing fo abundant , his bare denial , though with impreca- tion , can no way countervail ; and leaft of all in his own cause . As for the ...
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Page 360 - And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham...
Page 361 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
Page 371 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 339 - For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, and ye are complete in him ; which is the head of all principality and power...
Page 147 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 368 - Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Page 323 - Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand.
Page 363 - And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give; for the labourer is worthy of his hire ; Go not from house to house.
Page 317 - A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes ; showing that it is not lawful for any Power on Earth to compel in matters of Religion.
Page 387 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.