The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 10A. Constable & Company, 1821 - English literature |
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... reason runs another way , That private reason ' tis more just to curb , Than by dispute the public peace disturb : For points obscure are of small use to learn , But common quiet is mankind's concern In considering Dryden's creed thus ...
... reason runs another way , That private reason ' tis more just to curb , Than by dispute the public peace disturb : For points obscure are of small use to learn , But common quiet is mankind's concern In considering Dryden's creed thus ...
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... reason for the faith that is in him . The doctrine of the Religio Laici is admirably adapted to the subject ; though treating of the most abstruse doctrines of Chris- tianity , it is as clear and perspicuous as the most humble prose ...
... reason for the faith that is in him . The doctrine of the Religio Laici is admirably adapted to the subject ; though treating of the most abstruse doctrines of Chris- tianity , it is as clear and perspicuous as the most humble prose ...
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... reasons from strong box more strongly plead . A convert , thou ! ' tis past all believing ; ' Tis a damned scandal , of thy foes contriving ; A jest of that malicious monstrous fame- The honest layman's faith is still the same . Religio ...
... reasons from strong box more strongly plead . A convert , thou ! ' tis past all believing ; ' Tis a damned scandal , of thy foes contriving ; A jest of that malicious monstrous fame- The honest layman's faith is still the same . Religio ...
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... reason to im- pose my opinions in a subject which is above it ; but whatever they are , I submit them with all reve- rence to my mother church , accounting them no further mine , than as they are authorized , or at least uncondemned ...
... reason to im- pose my opinions in a subject which is above it ; but whatever they are , I submit them with all reve- rence to my mother church , accounting them no further mine , than as they are authorized , or at least uncondemned ...
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... reason , but he has been pleased to descend to us , and what So- crates said of him , what Plato writ , and the rest of the heathen philosophers of several nations , is all no more than the twilight of revelation , after the sun of it ...
... reason , but he has been pleased to descend to us , and what So- crates said of him , what Plato writ , and the rest of the heathen philosophers of several nations , is all no more than the twilight of revelation , after the sun of it ...
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Page 151 - The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith.
Page 418 - Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense. Some beams of wit on other souls may fall, Strike through and make a lucid interval ; But Shadwell's genuine night admits no ray, His rising fogs prevail upon the day.
Page 145 - Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 151 - Gainst form and order they their power employ, Nothing to build and all things to destroy. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. These out of mere instinct, they knew not why, Adored their fathers...
Page 238 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 421 - This is thy province, this thy wondrous way, New humours to invent for each new play : This is that boasted bias of thy mind, By which, one way, to dulness 'tis inclined: Which makes thy writings lean on one side still, And, in all changes, that way bends thy will.
Page 41 - Whence but from Heaven could men, unskilled in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths? or how or why Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie? Unasked their pains, ungrateful their advice, Starving their gain and martyrdom their price.
Page 15 - WHOSOEVER will be saved : before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic Faith. Which Faith, except every one do keep whole and undefiled : without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
Page 421 - Of his dominion may no end be known, And greater than his father's be his throne ; Beyond Love's Kingdom let him stretch his pen !' — He paused, and all the people cried, ' Amen,' Then thus continued he : ' My son, advance Still in new impudence, new ignorance.
Page 37 - Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light.