Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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Page 10
... Religion Universal poets RELIGION being the chief band of human society , it is a happy thing when itself is well contained within the true band of unity . The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen ...
... Religion Universal poets RELIGION being the chief band of human society , it is a happy thing when itself is well contained within the true band of unity . The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen ...
Page 15
... religion , so it is a thing monstrous to put it into the hands of the common people ; let that be left unto the Anabaptists , and other furies . It was great blasphemy when the devil said , I will ascend and be like the Highest ; 15 but ...
... religion , so it is a thing monstrous to put it into the hands of the common people ; let that be left unto the Anabaptists , and other furies . It was great blasphemy when the devil said , I will ascend and be like the Highest ; 15 but ...
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... religions ; for those orbs rule in men's minds most . The true religion is built upon the rock ; the rest are tossed upon the waves of time . To speak , therefore , of the causes of new sects , and to give some counsel concerning them ...
... religions ; for those orbs rule in men's minds most . The true religion is built upon the rock ; the rest are tossed upon the waves of time . To speak , therefore , of the causes of new sects , and to give some counsel concerning them ...
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