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" A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. "
The Biblical review, and Congregational magazine [formerly The ... - Page 282
1847
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The Milton Anthology: Selected from the Prose Writings

John Milton - 1876 - 506 pages
...flow not in a perpetual progression, they sicke^i into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. Aman may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief...
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Philosophical Works: An essay concerning human understanding, book III-IV ...

John Locke - 1877 - 544 pages
...dealing with others, whose understanding is not accustomed * In the same spirit Milton remarks, that, "A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though hie belief...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 29

1877 - 1212 pages
...Israel to sin ? It may be permitted me to fortify this judgment with the sentence of Milton * — " A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only l3ecau.se his pastor says so, or the assembly so determine, without knowing other reason, though his...
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Masterpieces in English Literature: And Lessons in the English ..., Volume 1

Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 462 pages
...waters flow not in a perpetual pro gression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe thing» only because hi» pastor says so, or the assembly so dctcrmini.4, without hioicing nther геавон,...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...waters flow not in a perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. hrane his pastor says so, or the Assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief...
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The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

1882 - 1434 pages
...is past retrieving; Experience is a, dumb, dead thing; The victory's in believing. d. LOWELL— To The Cry slot- his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief...
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Recollections of George Dawson and his lectures in Manchester in 1846-7 ...

Alexander Ireland - 1882 - 44 pages
...waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believes things, only because his pastor says so, or because the Assembly so determines, without knowing...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 pages
...waters flow not in a perpetual procres-i a, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and traditii«. A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe thin?! only because his Pastor says so, or the Assembly so determines, without knowing other reason,...
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Selected prose writings, with an intr. essay by E. Myers

John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1884 - 304 pages
...waters flow not in a perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief...
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Preacher and Homiletic Monthly, Volume 9

1885 - 568 pages
...intellectual and moral nature. No one entered more fully than he into the fine sentiment of Milton, that "a man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believes things only because his pastor says so, or the Assembly so determines, without knowing other...
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