 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.  Hogg's Weekly Instructor - Seite 2721848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Toland - 1761 - 278 Seiten
...turn'd loofe to three fheets of paper without E 2 " a licen" a licenfer." In another place he fays, " A man " may be a heretic in the truth : and if he believes " only becaufe his paftor fays fo, or the aflembly " fo determins, without knowing any other... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 440 Seiten
...waters flow not in a perpetual progreffion, they ficken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only becaule his paflor fays fo, or the aflembly fo determines, without knowing other reafon, though his... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 446 Seiten
...waters flow not in a perpetual progreffion, they ficken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only becaufe his paftor fays fo, or the aflembly fo determines, without knowing other reafon, though his... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 Seiten
...progression, they sicken into a muddy pool -of .A' conformity and tradition. A man may be a hereticjin <-' the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without_ knp win" other reason, though because his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes... | |
 | Newmann Hall - 1819 - 242 Seiten
...candour of his inquiries, and the frank confession of his difficulties. It is a fine remark of Milton's, "A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only because his pastors say so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1822 - 356 Seiten
...deserves, and I hope will receive, extensive patronage and circulation. A MAH, says Milton, may be an heretic in the truth; and if he believe things only...pastor says so, or the Assembly so determines, without having other reason, though his belief be .true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. —... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 Seiten
...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...so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds, becomes his heresy. There is not any burden, that... | |
 | 1826 - 548 Seiten
...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...so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. There is not any burden that some... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 Seiten
...hard to condemn a man for making money of that which he had given money for before.— Charron. MLXII. A man may be a heretic in the truth: and if he believe...the assembly so determines, without knowing other reasons, though because his belief be true; yet the very truth he hold becomes his heresy.— Milton.... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 430 Seiten
...different representations. " A man," says he, " may be an heretic in the truth ; and if he believes only because his pastor says so, or the ' Assembly' so determines, without knowing any other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. There... | |
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