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... Eternal himself doth work . " By By a masterly ambiguity he avoids the great traditional dispute whether a thing is right because God wills it , or God wills it because it is right . God created his own law both because he willed it and ...
... Eternal himself doth work . " By By a masterly ambiguity he avoids the great traditional dispute whether a thing is right because God wills it , or God wills it because it is right . God created his own law both because he willed it and ...
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... eternal with the Father , that the soul died and was resurrected with the body , and that God created the world not out of nothing but out of himself , he does deal principally with the two great compon- ents of the traditional world ...
... eternal with the Father , that the soul died and was resurrected with the body , and that God created the world not out of nothing but out of himself , he does deal principally with the two great compon- ents of the traditional world ...
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... eternal realms of the planets . In this region meteors and other transient fires were generated . These , as transient , could not come from the eternal region of the stars . But though the elements were arranged in this hierarchy , in ...
... eternal realms of the planets . In this region meteors and other transient fires were generated . These , as transient , could not come from the eternal region of the stars . But though the elements were arranged in this hierarchy , in ...
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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