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For some time after the accession of James I. the puritans aimed at no more than liberty of conscience , and indulgence in their peculiar modes of worship . But after the meeting of the long parliament , the presbyterians , who were by ...
For some time after the accession of James I. the puritans aimed at no more than liberty of conscience , and indulgence in their peculiar modes of worship . But after the meeting of the long parliament , the presbyterians , who were by ...
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The conscience , friend , to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence , my noble task , Of which all Europe rings from side to side : This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask , Content , though blind , had I ...
The conscience , friend , to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence , my noble task , Of which all Europe rings from side to side : This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask , Content , though blind , had I ...
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But when , through Constantine's lavish superstition , they forsook their first love , and set themselves up two gods instead , Mammon and their Belly ; then taking advantage of the spiritual power which they had on men's consciences ...
But when , through Constantine's lavish superstition , they forsook their first love , and set themselves up two gods instead , Mammon and their Belly ; then taking advantage of the spiritual power which they had on men's consciences ...
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What more binding than conscience ? What more free than indifferency ? Cruel then must that indifferency needs be , that shall violate the strict necessity of conscience ; merciless and inhuman that free choice and liberty that shall ...
What more binding than conscience ? What more free than indifferency ? Cruel then must that indifferency needs be , that shall violate the strict necessity of conscience ; merciless and inhuman that free choice and liberty that shall ...
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And why should not the piety and conscience of Englishmen , as meinbers of the church , be trusted in the election of pastors to functions that nothing concern a monarch , as well as their worldly wisdoms are privileged as members of ...
And why should not the piety and conscience of Englishmen , as meinbers of the church , be trusted in the election of pastors to functions that nothing concern a monarch , as well as their worldly wisdoms are privileged as members of ...
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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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