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In evil hour , he yielded to the solicitations of Charles ; and forgetful of his former principles — principles to which he had been indebted for the best portion of his fame - consented to become the vindicator not merely of the rights ...
In evil hour , he yielded to the solicitations of Charles ; and forgetful of his former principles — principles to which he had been indebted for the best portion of his fame - consented to become the vindicator not merely of the rights ...
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... nor list to speak evil , nor any vain glory , but of mere necessity to vindicate the spotless truth from an ignominious bondage , whose native worth is now become of such a low esteem , that she is like to find small credit with us ...
... nor list to speak evil , nor any vain glory , but of mere necessity to vindicate the spotless truth from an ignominious bondage , whose native worth is now become of such a low esteem , that she is like to find small credit with us ...
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... and what is infallibly good and happy in the state of man's life , what in itself evil and miserable , though vulgarly not so esteemed ; he that hath obtained to know this , ; the only high valuable wisdom indeed , remembering also ...
... and what is infallibly good and happy in the state of man's life , what in itself evil and miserable , though vulgarly not so esteemed ; he that hath obtained to know this , ; the only high valuable wisdom indeed , remembering also ...
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... be next to declare wherein the true reason and force of churchcensure consists . **** God , to the intent of further healing man's depraved mind , to this power of the magistrate , which contents itself with the restraint of evil ...
... be next to declare wherein the true reason and force of churchcensure consists . **** God , to the intent of further healing man's depraved mind , to this power of the magistrate , which contents itself with the restraint of evil ...
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PREFACE . a We all know that in private or personal injuries , yea in public sufferings for the cause of Christ , his rule and example teaches us to be so far from a readiness to speak evil , as not to answer the reviler in his language ...
PREFACE . a We all know that in private or personal injuries , yea in public sufferings for the cause of Christ , his rule and example teaches us to be so far from a readiness to speak evil , as not to answer the reviler in his language ...
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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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