..."the reason of church government urged against prelacy," he speaks of "the church to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends I was...destined of a child, and in mine own resolutions; till arriving to some maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the church, that he who...

...hands by a " successor of the Apostles" at * " In the service of the Church, by the intentions of ray parents and friends, I was destined of a child, and in mine own resolution : till coming to some maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded the Church,...

...pursuits. He had been designed for the Church, but he renounced his purpose, seeing, he declares, " what tyranny had invaded the Church, that he who would take orders must subscribe Slave." Look upon Milton now in the second stage of his preparation, — his regular education finished, —...

...pursuits. He had been designed for the Church, but he renounced his purpose, seeing, he declares, " what tyranny had invaded the Church, that he who would take orders must subscribe Slaved" Look upon Milton now in the second stage of his preparation, — his regular education finished,—look...

...that he should enter the Church, but he had given up that design. His own account is as follows :* " By the intentions of my parents and friends I was destined of a child to the service of the Church, and in my own resolutions. Till coming to some maturity of years, and...

...men offer their aid to help, ease, and lighten the difficult labours of the Church, to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends, I was destined of a * The Muses, alluding to the songs of the Sirens, which Plato places on the celestial spheres, t Again...

...men offer their aid to help, ease, and lighten the difficult labours of the church, to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends, I was...perceiving what tyranny had invaded the church, that ho who would take orders, must subscribe slave, and take an oath withal ; which unless he took with...

...that which, ten years afterwards, he expressed more boldly as follows: " The Church, to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends, I was...destined of a child, and in mine own resolutions, till, coining to some maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded in the Church — that he...

...education, in order that he might one day Ъе an ornament of the Church? " The Church to whose service, by the intentions of my parents and friends, I was destined of a child," is one of his own sayings in later life;1 and there can be little doubt that the intention existed...

...leaving College, referring to the intentions of his parents and his own early resolutions,- he says: " Coming to some maturity of years, and perceiving what tyranny had invaded in the Church, — that he who would take orders must subscribe slave, and take an oath withal, which,...