THE

PROSE WORKS

JOHN MILTON;
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OF

16

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

TRANSLATIONS AND CRITICAL REMARKS,

STOR MBRAP

VEW-YORK

INTERSPERSED WITH

BY

CHARLES SYMMONS, D.D.

OF JESUS COLLEGE, Oxford.

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY LUKE HANSARD, NEAR LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS,

FOR J. JOHNSON; NICHOLS AND SON; F. AND C. RIVINGTON;
OTRIDGE AND SON; T. PAYNE; OGILVY AND SON; CUTHELL
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AND LEIGH.

1806.

CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

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THE Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: Book II. 1

The Judgment of Martin Bucer concerning Di-

vorce: written to Edward the Sixth, in his se-

cond Book of the Kingdom of Christ, &c. .... 64

TETRACHORDON : Expositions upon the four chief

111

Places in Scripture which treat of Marriage, or

Nullities in Marriage, &c......

COLASTERION: a Reply to a nameless Answer

against the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:

wherein the trivial Author of that Answer is

discovered, the Licenser conferred with, and

the Opinion, which they traduce, defended...240

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: proving,

that it is lawful, and hath been held so through

all Ages, for any, who have the Power, to call

to account a Tyrant, or wicked King, and, after

due Conviction, to depose, and put him to

death, if the ordinary Magistrate have neg-

lected, or denied to do it, &c. ....

Observations on the Articles of Peace between

James Earl of Ormond, for King Charles the

First, on the one hand, and the Irish Rebels

and Papists on the other hand: and on a Letter

sent by Ormond to Colonel Jones, Governor of

Dublin; and a Representation of the Scots

Presbytery at Belfast in Ireland. To which the

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