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... God's creation , the perpetual pressure of his Providence . Yet disorder or chaos , the product of sin , is perpetually striving to come again . And if , by tradi- tion , the way to salvation is through God's grace and Christ's ...
... God's creation , the perpetual pressure of his Providence . Yet disorder or chaos , the product of sin , is perpetually striving to come again . And if , by tradi- tion , the way to salvation is through God's grace and Christ's ...
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... God's prescription .. That argument from whence the heathen do collect that the stars must needs be gods doth most plainly prove the contrary . For if they take them to be gods because of the certainty of their courses they be therein ...
... God's prescription .. That argument from whence the heathen do collect that the stars must needs be gods doth most plainly prove the contrary . For if they take them to be gods because of the certainty of their courses they be therein ...
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... God and from God's creation , itself the evidence of God's goodness , to themselves . There was indeed no other way for angels to sin but by reflex of their understanding upon themselves ; when , being held with admiration of their own ...
... God and from God's creation , itself the evidence of God's goodness , to themselves . There was indeed no other way for angels to sin but by reflex of their understanding upon themselves ; when , being held with admiration of their own ...
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according allowed angels animals beasts beauty beginning belief body called celestial common commonplace contained correspondence cosmic created creation creatures dance describing divine doctrine doth earth educated elements Elizabeth Elizabethan eternal excellent faculties fall fire follows fortune four function gives God's harmony hath head heart heaven heavenly highest Hooker human humours idea instance kind king knowledge known less light living macrocosm man's matter means medieval Middle Ages Milton mind moon nature notion passage passion perfect physical picture piece planets Platonic poem politic possible present prince pure qualities reason references rest says scheme sense serve Shakespeare shows soul speak spheres spirits stand stars things thought tion translated understanding universe unto virtue whole