| John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 488 pages
...might know, that to extirpate all thefe things can be no work of the civil fword, but of thefpiritual, which is the word of God. No man well in his wits, endeavouring to root up weeds out of his ground, inftead of ufing the fpade will take a mallet or a beetle. Nor doth the covenant any way engage us... | |
| James Seaton Reid - 1837 - 546 pages
...effectual and proper means ; but these divines might know that to extirpate all these things can be no work of the civil sword, but of the spiritual, which is the word of God. No man well in his wits, endeavour ing to root up weeds out of his ground, instead of using the spade, will take a mallet or... | |
| James Seaton Reid, William Dool Killen - Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) - 1837 - 558 pages
...effectual and proper means ; but these divines might know that to extirpate all these things can be no work of the civil sword, but of the spiritual, which is the word of God. No man well in his wits, endeavour ing to root up weeds out of his ground, instead of using the spade, will take a mallet or... | |
| John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...and proper means : but these divines might know, that to extirpate all these things can be no work of the civil sword, but of the spiritual, which is...of his ground, instead of using the spade will take a*mallet or a beetle. Nor doth the covenant any way engage us to extirpate, or to prosecute the men,... | |
| Sherman B. Canfield - 1850 - 212 pages
...whatsoever shall be found contrary to sound doctrine and the power of the godliness, can be no work of the civil sword, but of the spiritual which is the word of God." It was in defence of a principle which Cromwell not only avowed, but through evil as well as good report,... | |
| John Milton - 1851 - 606 pages
...and proper means : But thefe Divines might know, that to extirpate all thefe things can be no work of the Civil Sword, but of the Spiritual, which .is...God. No Man well in his wits, endeavouring to root up \Veeds out of his Ground, inftead of ufing the Spade will take a Mallet or a Beetle. Nor doth the Covnant... | |
| James Seaton Reid, William Dool Killen - Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) - 1853 - 548 pages
...effectual and proper means ; but these divines might know that to extirpate all these things can be no work of the civil sword, but of the spiritual, which is the Word of God. No man well iu his wits, endeavouring to root up weeds out of his ground, instead of using the spade, will take... | |
| James Godkin - Catholic Church - 1867 - 692 pages
...Government had not endeavoured to O extirpate Popery and Prelacy according to the Covenant, he said, " No man well in his wits, endeavouring to root up weeds...of his ground, instead of using the spade will take up a mallet or a beetle; nor doth the Covenant any way engage us to extirpate or to prosecute the me-n,... | |
| James Godkin - Church and state - 1873 - 362 pages
...had not endeavoured to extirpate Prelacy and Popery according to the Covenant, the poet said : — ' No man well in his wits, endeavouring to root up weeds...of his ground, instead of using the spade will take up a mallet or a beetle ; nor doth the Covenant in any way engage us to extirpate or prosecute the... | |
| Henry Morley - English literature - 1873 - 964 pages
...effectual and proper means : but these divines might know that to extirpate all these things can be no work of the civil sword, but of the spiritual, which is the word of God" (ch. viii. § 54). " No man well in his wits, endeavouring to root up weeds out of his ground, instead... | |
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