The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... fhould be fastened upon the holy one of Ifrael , the judge of all the earth ; and fuch a piece of folly as Belzebub would not commit , to divide against himfelf , and prevent his own ends : or if he , to compass more certain mifchief ...
... fhould be fastened upon the holy one of Ifrael , the judge of all the earth ; and fuch a piece of folly as Belzebub would not commit , to divide against himfelf , and prevent his own ends : or if he , to compass more certain mifchief ...
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... fhould give it a man to cut his own throat , or to damn himfelf . Difpenfe therefore prefup- pofes full pardon , or elfe it is not a difpenfe , but a most baneful and bloody fnare . And why fhould God enter covenant with a people to be ...
... fhould give it a man to cut his own throat , or to damn himfelf . Difpenfe therefore prefup- pofes full pardon , or elfe it is not a difpenfe , but a most baneful and bloody fnare . And why fhould God enter covenant with a people to be ...
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... fhould give out a rule and directory to fin by , fhould enact a dispensa- tion as longlived as a law , whereby to live in privileged adultery for hardness of heart ; ( and this obdurate disease cannot be conceived how it was the more ...
... fhould give out a rule and directory to fin by , fhould enact a dispensa- tion as longlived as a law , whereby to live in privileged adultery for hardness of heart ; ( and this obdurate disease cannot be conceived how it was the more ...
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... fhould be more gently dealt with than the Chriftian , then furely the gospel can afford as little , why the Christian fhould be lefs gently dealt with than the Jew . The gof- pel indeed exhorts to highest perfection , but bears with ...
... fhould be more gently dealt with than the Chriftian , then furely the gospel can afford as little , why the Christian fhould be lefs gently dealt with than the Jew . The gof- pel indeed exhorts to highest perfection , but bears with ...
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... was this , that if any good and peaceable man fhould difcover fome helpless difagreement or diflike either of mind or body , whereby he < " he could not cheerfully perform the duty of 20 The Doctrine and Difcipline of Divorce :
... was this , that if any good and peaceable man fhould difcover fome helpless difagreement or diflike either of mind or body , whereby he < " he could not cheerfully perform the duty of 20 The Doctrine and Difcipline of Divorce :
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