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The enemy of the enlightened and magnificent , and all but perfect Lorenzo de '
Medici , must be an enemy to all true wisdom , as well as to the real interests of
Florence , which , at its height of glory and prosperity during Lorenzo's life , at his
...
The enemy of the enlightened and magnificent , and all but perfect Lorenzo de '
Medici , must be an enemy to all true wisdom , as well as to the real interests of
Florence , which , at its height of glory and prosperity during Lorenzo's life , at his
...
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... mysteries of his own councils the times and the seasons ; ' if he at times lost his
Christian patience , and no longer uttered in humble expostulation , Holy and
True , how long ? and imagined that he saw the sword already bare , and heard ?
... mysteries of his own councils the times and the seasons ; ' if he at times lost his
Christian patience , and no longer uttered in humble expostulation , Holy and
True , how long ? and imagined that he saw the sword already bare , and heard ?
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The form of religion , it is true , subsisted -- the hierarchy in all its splendour , and
with its awful titles ; the ceremonial of the Church , in its utmost gorgeousness ;
the doctrine , which as yet few were so religious as to dispute , in all its rigour ...
The form of religion , it is true , subsisted -- the hierarchy in all its splendour , and
with its awful titles ; the ceremonial of the Church , in its utmost gorgeousness ;
the doctrine , which as yet few were so religious as to dispute , in all its rigour ...
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God reveals futurity to his chosen servants , either by supernatural light infused
into the soul , by which man becomes in a certain sense participant in the eternity
of God : he sees intuitively , and with certainty , that particular things are true ...
God reveals futurity to his chosen servants , either by supernatural light infused
into the soul , by which man becomes in a certain sense participant in the eternity
of God : he sees intuitively , and with certainty , that particular things are true ...
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He had prophesied many things not true . ' This he denies ; all that he had
prophesied had turned out true to an iota ; but he drew subtle distinctions . •
Sometimes he spoke as a man ! The Holy Spirit did not always dwell in the
prophet !
He had prophesied many things not true . ' This he denies ; all that he had
prophesied had turned out true to an iota ; but he drew subtle distinctions . •
Sometimes he spoke as a man ! The Holy Spirit did not always dwell in the
prophet !
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays ATLA monograph preservation program Library of English literature |
| Author | Henry Hart Milman |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1870 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 May 2006 |
| ISBN | 0790564882, 9780790564883 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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