 ... coming to some maturity of years and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the Church, that he who would take Orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath withal, which unless he took with a conscience that would retch he must either straight perjure,...  Memoirs of the Life of Gilbert Wakefield - Page 122by Gilbert Wakefield - 1804Full view - About this book
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...poet's lifetime. The huuse, however, was* destroyed in the great flrc of 1* 66. his faith ; I thought better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing." This honest and ardent lore of truth and freedom was his predominant characteristic through life. Milton... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 328 pages
...slave, and take an oath withal, which, unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either perjure or split his faith — I thought it better...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing."* In order to account for this reluctance on * Reason of Church Government, (1641,) Works, HE. p. 150.... | |
 | 1866 - 298 pages
...took with a conscience that would stretch, he must either straight perjure or split his faith ; he thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing." From such resolve thus early taken it was not difficult to conjecture what would be his future course.... | |
 | Afternoon lectures - 1866 - 242 pages
...took with a conscience that would stretch, he must either straight perjure or split his faith ; he thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing." From such resolve thus early taken it was not difficult to conjecture what would be his future course.... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 pages
...slave, and take an oath withal, which, unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either perjure, or split his faith — I thought it better...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing." He had also some thoughts of studying law, but at last decided that his brother Christopher should... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 356 pages
...take an oath withal, which, unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either straight perjure, or split his faith ; I thought it better...speaking, bought and begun with servitude and forswearing. Howsoever, thus church-outed by the prelates, hence may appear the right I have to meddle in these... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 382 pages
...take an oath withal, which, unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either straight perjure, or split his faith ; I thought it better...speaking, bought and begun with servitude and forswearing. Howsoever, thus church-outed by the prelates, hence may appear the right I have to meddle in these... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1870 - 764 pages
...unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either strait perjure or split his faith, l cessary that something should have pieviously existed...the exertion of the divine efficacy. Since, theref — Kel. I., Iv. 149. These passages, replete with Milton's genius and greatness of soul, show us the... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 pages
...take an oath withal ; which unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either straight perjure or split his faith — I thought it better...speaking, bought and begun with servitude and forswearing. " J Having taken the degree of MA, Milton left the university in July 1632, and went to reside with... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 556 pages
...take an oath withal, which unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either straight perjure, or split his faith; I thought it better to...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing.' 1 He refused to be a priest from the same feelings that he had wished it: the desire and the renunciation... | |
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