The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 2H. Hooker, 1845 |
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... slavery under him ; how afterwards he was cast into prison , and when he gave no ground , either by words or actions , to hope better things of him , he was finally by the supreme council of the kingdom condemned to die , and beheaded ...
... slavery under him ; how afterwards he was cast into prison , and when he gave no ground , either by words or actions , to hope better things of him , he was finally by the supreme council of the kingdom condemned to die , and beheaded ...
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... by the most abject of slaves : nay , men that have sided with the king , would have had these thoughts of his book . But since he has swoln it to a considerable bulk , and dispersed 6 A DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND ,
... by the most abject of slaves : nay , men that have sided with the king , would have had these thoughts of his book . But since he has swoln it to a considerable bulk , and dispersed 6 A DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND ,
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... slavery should find what to say for itself , and liberty be mute : and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can master and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find advocates . And it were a deplorable thing ...
... slavery should find what to say for itself , and liberty be mute : and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can master and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find advocates . And it were a deplorable thing ...
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... slavery and a new master were ready prepared for you ; and how near expiring that liberty of yours , asserted and vindicated by so many years war and toil , would have been ere now , if it had not taken breath again by the timely death ...
... slavery and a new master were ready prepared for you ; and how near expiring that liberty of yours , asserted and vindicated by so many years war and toil , would have been ere now , if it had not taken breath again by the timely death ...
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... slavery to be wise , and learned , and noble enough , to know what is fit to be done to the tyrant that has oppressed them ; though they neither consult with foreigners nor grammarians . But that this man was a tyrant , not only the ...
... slavery to be wise , and learned , and noble enough , to know what is fit to be done to the tyrant that has oppressed them ; though they neither consult with foreigners nor grammarians . But that this man was a tyrant , not only the ...
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Page 185 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 152 - Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 144 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
Page 159 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 32 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 133 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 122 - Speak not evil One of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law : but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy...
Page 20 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 140 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 131 - STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.