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above all possibility of erring , because he burns for some points of truth **** And here withal I invoke the Immortal Deity , revealer and judge of secrets , that wherever I have in this book plainly and roundly ( though worthily and ...
above all possibility of erring , because he burns for some points of truth **** And here withal I invoke the Immortal Deity , revealer and judge of secrets , that wherever I have in this book plainly and roundly ( though worthily and ...
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... the judges , the lawyers , the justices of peace for the most part popish , the bishops firm to Rome ; from whence was to be expected the furious flashing of excommunications , and absolving the people from their obedience .
... the judges , the lawyers , the justices of peace for the most part popish , the bishops firm to Rome ; from whence was to be expected the furious flashing of excommunications , and absolving the people from their obedience .
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From this period I count to begin our times , wbich because they concern as more nearly , and our own eyes and ears can give us the ampler scope to judge , will require à more exact search : and to effect this the speedier , I shall ...
From this period I count to begin our times , wbich because they concern as more nearly , and our own eyes and ears can give us the ampler scope to judge , will require à more exact search : and to effect this the speedier , I shall ...
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Certainly of their defects their own witness may be best received , but of the rectitude and sincerity of their life and doctrine , to judge rightly , we must judge by that which was to be their rule .
Certainly of their defects their own witness may be best received , but of the rectitude and sincerity of their life and doctrine , to judge rightly , we must judge by that which was to be their rule .
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... the dictatorship of the judges , the easy or hard - banded monarchies , the domestic or foreign tyrannies : lastly , the Roman senate from without , the Jewish senate at home , with the Galilean tetrarch ; yet the Levites had some ...
... the dictatorship of the judges , the easy or hard - banded monarchies , the domestic or foreign tyrannies : lastly , the Roman senate from without , the Jewish senate at home , with the Galilean tetrarch ; yet the Levites had some ...
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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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