Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1 |
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A mere glance also at those leading circumstances in the previous state of the country , which tended to produce the civil wars , and consequently to call forth these writings , may not be irrelevant . “ No government ( says Harrington ...
A mere glance also at those leading circumstances in the previous state of the country , which tended to produce the civil wars , and consequently to call forth these writings , may not be irrelevant . “ No government ( says Harrington ...
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Marriage they considered as a civil contract , and to be resigned to the magistrate . The presbytexians , once persecuted , became , as usual , persecutors in their turn ; the independents were the only exception .
Marriage they considered as a civil contract , and to be resigned to the magistrate . The presbytexians , once persecuted , became , as usual , persecutors in their turn ; the independents were the only exception .
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... and the battle of Naseby shortly after decided the fate of Charles and the ascendency of the Independents . As these religionists held , that their clergy should be chosen by their employers , so , they would have all civil officers ...
... and the battle of Naseby shortly after decided the fate of Charles and the ascendency of the Independents . As these religionists held , that their clergy should be chosen by their employers , so , they would have all civil officers ...
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... in vain determine , whether , in a moral view , the king were justifiable , who , in defence of even a just prerogative , has involved his subjects , for whose happiness he was created , in the multiplied calamities of a civil war .
... in vain determine , whether , in a moral view , the king were justifiable , who , in defence of even a just prerogative , has involved his subjects , for whose happiness he was created , in the multiplied calamities of a civil war .
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With this view , he published his « Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes ; " and his “ Considerations touching the likeliest Means to remove Hirelings out of the Church . " The first of these is addressed to the parliament ...
With this view , he published his « Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes ; " and his “ Considerations touching the likeliest Means to remove Hirelings out of the Church . " The first of these is addressed to the parliament ...
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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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