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On him it is imposed by all , as chief committee to examine , and discuss the claim and petition of right put in by the wen ; who soon perceiving the matter , and wondering at the boldness of such a swoln tumor , Wilt thou ( quoth he 28 ...
On him it is imposed by all , as chief committee to examine , and discuss the claim and petition of right put in by the wen ; who soon perceiving the matter , and wondering at the boldness of such a swoln tumor , Wilt thou ( quoth he 28 ...
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And what hope can we have of this whole council to warrant us a matter , four hundred years at least above their time , concerning the distinction of bishop and presbyter , whenas we find them such blind judges of things before their ...
And what hope can we have of this whole council to warrant us a matter , four hundred years at least above their time , concerning the distinction of bishop and presbyter , whenas we find them such blind judges of things before their ...
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Much rather should we attend to what Eusebius , the ancientest writer extant of church - history , notwithstanding all the helps he had above these , confesses in the 4th chapter of his third book , That it was no easy matter to tell ...
Much rather should we attend to what Eusebius , the ancientest writer extant of church - history , notwithstanding all the helps he had above these , confesses in the 4th chapter of his third book , That it was no easy matter to tell ...
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( Edipus in a matter which he knew would be grievous , brings him in bemoaning his lot , that he knew more than other men . For surely to every good and peaceable man , it must in nature needs be a hateful thing to be the displeaser and ...
( Edipus in a matter which he knew would be grievous , brings him in bemoaning his lot , that he knew more than other men . For surely to every good and peaceable man , it must in nature needs be a hateful thing to be the displeaser and ...
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... although I complain not of any insufficiency to the matter in hand ; or were I ready to my wishes , it were a foily lo commit any thing elaborately composed to the careless and interrupted listening of these tumultuous times .
... although I complain not of any insufficiency to the matter in hand ; or were I ready to my wishes , it were a foily lo commit any thing elaborately composed to the careless and interrupted listening of these tumultuous times .
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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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