 We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force. God therefore left him free, set before him a provoking object, ever almost in his eyes. Herein consisted his merit, herein the right of his reward, the praise of his abstinence.  Areopagitica - Page 21by John Milton - 1898 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Oliver Lodge - Christianity - 1910 - 184 pages
...Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions [puppet shows]. We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force; God therefore...reward, the praise of his abstinence. Wherefore did he create passions within us, pleasures round about us; but that these rightly tempered are the very ingredients... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1910 - 344 pages
...choosing ; he had been else a mere artificial ' Adam. We ourselves esteem not of that obedience ' a love or gift which is of force. God therefore left...right of his reward, the praise of his abstinence.' So that according to Milton even Eden was a state of trial. As an author, Milton's protest has great... | |
 | Prohibition - 1910 - 114 pages
...He gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing. We ourselves esteem not that obedience, or love, or gift which is of force. God, therefore,...him a. provoking object, ever almost in his eyes. It was for him to act aright. Herein consisted his merit, herein the right of his reward, the praise... | |
 | Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt - Theology - 1913 - 1092 pages
...artificial Adam as he is in the motions [puppet-shows]. "We ourselves esteem not of that obedience or love or gift which is of force ; God, therefore,...left him free, set before him a provoking object, even almost in his eyes; herein consisted his merit, herein the right of his reward, the praise of... | |
 | Francis William Coker - Political science - 1914 - 618 pages
...mere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions. We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force; God therefore...reward, the praise of his abstinence. Wherefore did he create passions within us, pleasures round about us, but that these rightly tempered are the very ingredients... | |
 | Philology - 1917 - 692 pages
...meere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions. We our selves esteem not of that obedience or love or gift, which is of force: God therefore...reward, the praise of his abstinence. Wherefore did he create passions within us, pleasures round about us, but that these rightly temper'd are the very ingredients... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1917 - 346 pages
...meere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions. We our selves esteem not of that obedience or love or gift, which is of force: God therefore...herein the right of his reward, the praise of his absjinencey Wherefore did he create passions within us, pleasures round about us, but that these rightly... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 714 pages
...mere artificial Adam, such an Adam as he is in the motions. We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! With some...sits alone. These beauteous forms, Through a long create passions within us, but that these rightly tempered are the very ingredients of virtue? They... | |
 | English philology - 1922 - 766 pages
...tongues! when God gave him reason, he gave him freedom to choose, for reason is but choosing; . . . God therefore left him free, set before him a provoking...reward, the praise of his abstinence. Wherefore did he create passions within us, pleasures round about us, but that these rightly tempered are the very ingredients... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English essays - 1923 - 430 pages
...but choosing; he had been else a mere artificial Adam. We ourselves esteem not of that obedience a love or gift which is of force. God therefore left...right of his reward, the praise of his abstinence." So that according to Milton even Eden was a state of trial. As an author, Milton's protest has great... | |
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