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I could have added that eloquent and right Christian discourse , written by Erasmus on this argument , not disagreeing in effect , from Bucer . But this , I hope , will be enough to excuse me with the mere Englishman , to be no forger ...
I could have added that eloquent and right Christian discourse , written by Erasmus on this argument , not disagreeing in effect , from Bucer . But this , I hope , will be enough to excuse me with the mere Englishman , to be no forger ...
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These positions he illustrates and confirms by an appeal to the Jewish and Christian scriptures , to the most eminent political writers and historians of antiquity . both Grecian and Roman , to the laws of nature and nations ...
These positions he illustrates and confirms by an appeal to the Jewish and Christian scriptures , to the most eminent political writers and historians of antiquity . both Grecian and Roman , to the laws of nature and nations ...
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Never do we read that they made use of their authority and high place of access , to bring the jarring nobility to christian peace , or to withstand their disloyal projects : but if a toleration for mass were to be begged of the king ...
Never do we read that they made use of their authority and high place of access , to bring the jarring nobility to christian peace , or to withstand their disloyal projects : but if a toleration for mass were to be begged of the king ...
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But it will be said , these men were martyrs : what then ? though every true Christian will be a martyr when he is called to it ; not presently does it follow , that every one suffering for religion is , without exception .
But it will be said , these men were martyrs : what then ? though every true Christian will be a martyr when he is called to it ; not presently does it follow , that every one suffering for religion is , without exception .
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... martyrs , or christian emperors , or have otherwise inveighed against error and superstition with vehement expressions ; I have done it neither out of malice , nor list to speak evil , nor any vain glory , but of mere necessity to ...
... martyrs , or christian emperors , or have otherwise inveighed against error and superstition with vehement expressions ; I have done it neither out of malice , nor list to speak evil , nor any vain glory , but of mere necessity to ...
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| Title | Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1 Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, George Burnett |
| Author | John Milton |
| Translated by | George Burnett |
| Publisher | J. Miller, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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