Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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... of the magistrate in religious matters is unlawful , & c . The second was inscribed to the Long Parliament after its revival by the army . Milton is here a very powerful antagonist to the asserters of the divine right of INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... of the magistrate in religious matters is unlawful , & c . The second was inscribed to the Long Parliament after its revival by the army . Milton is here a very powerful antagonist to the asserters of the divine right of INTRODUCTION . XXV.
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... matters , than the boy who rubs my horse's heels . " The friends of the constitution , who must necessarily condemn the arbitrary measures : of Charles , must also reprobate the conduct of the bishops in that critical period ; and even ...
... matters , than the boy who rubs my horse's heels . " The friends of the constitution , who must necessarily condemn the arbitrary measures : of Charles , must also reprobate the conduct of the bishops in that critical period ; and even ...
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... Brutus , that expelled the kings out of Rome , was for the time forced to be as it were a king himself , till matters were set in order , as in a free commonwealth " - a remark , which was made at a time when it 1 INTRODUCTION .
... Brutus , that expelled the kings out of Rome , was for the time forced to be as it were a king himself , till matters were set in order , as in a free commonwealth " - a remark , which was made at a time when it 1 INTRODUCTION .
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... matters of religion as they then stood , by that commission granted to eight bishops , eight other divines , eight civilians , eight common lawyers , to frame ecclesiastical consti- tutions ; which no wonder if it came to nothing , for ...
... matters of religion as they then stood , by that commission granted to eight bishops , eight other divines , eight civilians , eight common lawyers , to frame ecclesiastical consti- tutions ; which no wonder if it came to nothing , for ...
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... matters as clogs , and indeed derogations and de- basements to their high calling ; little needed the princes and potentates of the earth , which way soever the gospel was spread , to study ways how to make a coherence between the ...
... matters as clogs , and indeed derogations and de- basements to their high calling ; little needed the princes and potentates of the earth , which way soever the gospel was spread , to study ways how to make a coherence between the ...
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