 A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the Assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.  The New Mirror - Page 80edited by - 1843Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1848 - 886 pages
...the elevation of both. A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though because his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. — Milton.... | |
 | John Milton - Essays - 1848 - 566 pages
...conformity and tradition. A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.* There is not any... | |
 | 1848 - 358 pages
...waters flow not in a perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition. A man may he a heretic in the truth ; and if he heliere things only hecause his pastor says so, or the assemhly so determines, without knowing other... | |
 | 1849 - 356 pages
...christian, and a generous friend. SURPTIcISM AND CHEISTIANITY. — It Is a fine remark of Milton's, "a man may he a heretic in the truth; and if he helieve things only .hecanse his pastor says so, or the assemhly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his... | |
 | Joseph Fletcher - England - 1849 - 320 pages
...conformity and tradition. A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the Assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. There is not any... | |
 | Christopher Newman Hall - Christian biography - 1849 - 232 pages
...fine remark of Milton's, ' a man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.' * There are multitudes... | |
 | Newman Hall - 1850 - 234 pages
...fine remark of Milton's, ' a man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy.' * There are multitudes... | |
 | Christopher Newman Hall - 1851 - 140 pages
...fine remark of Milton's, " A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy." There are multitudes... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...occasions of heresy. " A man may be a heretic in the truth : and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy. There is not any... | |
 | John Locke, James Augustus St. John - Language and languages - 1854 - 576 pages
...Milton remarks, that, "A man may be a heretic in the truth ; and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so determines, without knowing other reason, though his belief be true, yet the very truth he holds becomes his heresy." (Areopag. § 54.)... | |
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