...orders must write himself down a slave, and conscientious scruples arose. *' I thought," says he, " to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing." He engaged at Horton in an almost ceaseless round of reading and study, occasionally dashing off a...

...take an oath withal, which unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either strait perjure or split his faith, 1 thought it better to...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing." — Vol. f., p. 149. These passages, replete with Milton's genius and greatness of soul, show us the...

...unless he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either perjure or split his faith — I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before...speaking, bought and begun with servitude and forswearing. Howsoever thus Church-outed by the prelates, hence may appear the right I have to meddle in these matters...

...he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either straight perjure, or split his faith ; I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before...speaking, bought and begun with servitude and forswearing. Howsoever, thus church-outed by the prelates, hence may appear the right I have to meddle in these...

...with a conscience that he would relish, he mast either straight perjure, or split his faith; I thought better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing." It is impossible to read these words, or to hear them read, without feeling a thrill of admiration...

...he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either straight perjure, or split his faith; I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking, bought ami begun with servitude and forswearing. Howsoever, thus church-outcd by the prelates, hence may appear...

...he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either straight perjure, or split his faith ; I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before...office of speaking bought, and begun with servitude and forswearing."1 He refused to be a clergyman from the same feelings that he had wished it ; the desire...

...regard to subscription ; perceiving that ' be who would take orders must subscribe slave,' he preferred 'a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing.' His university course, he tells us, was free from all reproach, and approved of by all good men. On...

...he took with a conscience that would retch, he must either straight perjure or split his faith ; I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing." One more selection must suffice : it is from the Treatise on the Beformation in England : — " When...

...unless he took with a conscience that would retch he must either straight perjure or split his faith, I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before...bought and begun with servitude and forswearing." In spite therefore of his father's regrets, he retired in 1633 to a new home which the scrivener had...