The Prose Works of John MiltonW. Ball, 1838 - 963 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page vi
... granted , that the wisdom of our ancestors is that which is most like their own ; and no wonder that they have brought it into contempt . Such admirers of the wisdom of our ancestors , may not meet with it here . True wisdom knows ...
... granted , that the wisdom of our ancestors is that which is most like their own ; and no wonder that they have brought it into contempt . Such admirers of the wisdom of our ancestors , may not meet with it here . True wisdom knows ...
Page xxv
... granted , that of British affairs , from the first peopling of the island , till the coming of Julius Cæsar , nothing certain either of tradition , history , or ancient fame , hath hitherto been left us , " Nevertheless , seeing that ...
... granted , that of British affairs , from the first peopling of the island , till the coming of Julius Cæsar , nothing certain either of tradition , history , or ancient fame , hath hitherto been left us , " Nevertheless , seeing that ...
Page 4
... granted to eight bishops , eight other divines , eight civilians , eight common lawyers , to frame ecclesiastical constitu- tions ; which no wonder if it came to nothing , for ( as Hayward relates ) both their professions and their ends ...
... granted to eight bishops , eight other divines , eight civilians , eight common lawyers , to frame ecclesiastical constitu- tions ; which no wonder if it came to nothing , for ( as Hayward relates ) both their professions and their ends ...
Page 20
... granted them , unless God have smitten us with frenzy from above , and with a dazzling giddiness at noonday ? Should not those men rather be heard that come to plead against their own preferments , their worldly advantages , their own ...
... granted them , unless God have smitten us with frenzy from above , and with a dazzling giddiness at noonday ? Should not those men rather be heard that come to plead against their own preferments , their worldly advantages , their own ...
Page 23
... granted out of that name bad scarce been thought on but for this bare tes - place in St. Paul , which was only an intreating him to timony ? But they will say , he was a member of the tarry at Ephesus , to do something left him in ...
... granted out of that name bad scarce been thought on but for this bare tes - place in St. Paul , which was only an intreating him to timony ? But they will say , he was a member of the tarry at Ephesus , to do something left him in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adultery ancient Answ answer apostles authority Barnwall better bishops called cause CHAP Christ christian church civil command common commonwealth confess conscience covenant death defence divine divorce doctrine Donnogh doth emperor enemies England episcopacy errour esquire evil faith fathers fear fornication give God's gospel granted hath holy honour Irenæus Jews John Milton judge judgment justice king king's kingdom learned less lest liberty licensing liturgy lord viscount magistrates majesty marriage Martin Bucer matrimony matter ment mind Moses nation nature never opinion ordinance papists parliament parliament of England peace person Pharisees prayer prelates presbyters presbytery priests princes protestant punishment reason reformation religion Remonst Roman saith Salmasius Saviour Scripture shew soul spirit subjects suffer things Thomas lord thou thought tion true truth tyranny tyrant viscount Dillon viscount Muskerry whenas wherein whereof whole wife wisdom wise words
Popular passages
Page 108 - and unbreathcd, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be ran for, not without dust and heat. Assuredly we bring not innocence into the world, we bring impurity much rather;
Page xxxv - Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free : So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Page 192 - It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement." 32. " But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife,
Page 44 - go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine; like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the
Page 117 - wars of truth. For who knows not that truth is strong, next to the Almighty; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that errour uses against her power: give her but room, and do not bind her
Page i - ;"—his devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit, " who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases,
Page xxiv - That it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for any who have the power, to call to account a tyrant, or wicked king, and after due conviction, to depose and put him to death ; if' the ordinary magistrate have neglected, or denied to do
Page 108 - evil. As therefore the state of man now is; what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of evil ? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet
Page 117 - all their equipage, drawn forth his reasons as it were a battle ranged, scattered and defeated all objections in his way, calls out his adversary into the plain, offers him the advantage of wind and sun, if he please, only that he may try the matter by dint of argument ; for his opponents then to
Page 31 - This charge I commit to thee, son Timothy : according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare." Which is plain enough thus expounded : This charge I commit to thee, wherein I now go about to instruct thee how thou shall set up