 | David Holmes, William G. Bishop (Reporter) - 1848 - 844 sivua
...angels bashful look," not less distinguished for its truth than its poetry : — ** Freely they itood who stood, and fell who fell. Not free; what proof...faith, or love, Where only what they needs must do appear'dt I formed them free, and free they must remain Till they iuthral themselves : I else must... | |
 | David Holmes, William G. Bishop (Reporter) - 1848 - 844 sivua
...seemed at home where angels bashful look," not less distinguished for its truth than its poetry : — " Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Not...Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love, Where oaly what they needs nnist do appear'd 1 1 formed them free, and iree they mnitt remain Till they iuthi.il... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 sivua
...Such I created all the ethereal Powers 100 And Spirits, both them who stood, and them who fail'd ; Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love, Where only what they needs must do appear'd,... | |
 | Thomas F. Merrill - 1976 - 206 sivua
...significance of obedience is that it is freely bestowed, not demanded. God Himself states the principle: Not free, what proof could they have giv'n sincere...they needs must do, appear'd, Not what they would? (HI, 103-6) Following the logic of the parallelism of "Hee for God only, shee for God in him" (IV,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1964 - 532 sivua
...Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. Such I created all the ethereal powers . . . Freelv they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, and love Where only what they needs omst do appear'd.... | |
 | Stephen C. Behrendt - 1983 - 278 sivua
...fall. Such I created all th' Ethereal Powers And Spirits, both them who stood and them who fail'd; Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Not...Love, Where only what they needs must do, appear'd, Nor what they would? what praise could they receive? What pleasure I from such obedience paid, When... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 sivua
...procedure: Such I created all th' Ethereal Powers And Spirits, both them who stood & them who faild; Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Not...Of true allegiance, constant Faith or Love, Where onely what they needs must do, appeard, Not what they would? what praise could they receive? What pleasure... | |
 | Steven Knapp - 1993 - 192 sivua
...Milton's God prefers free obedience to forced submission: Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith or love, Where only what they needs must do, appeared, Not what they would? What praise could they receive? (III. 103-106) But it is uncertain whether... | |
 | Robert Thomas Fallon - 1995 - 216 sivua
...creatures are free to return or withhold it, a principle that the Almighty defines somewhat imperiously: "Not free, what proof could they have giv'n sincere / Of true allegiance, constant Faith and Love" and "What pleasure I from such obedience paid" (3:103-7). The language - "proof," "allegiance,"... | |
 | Michael P. Zuckert - 1998 - 426 sivua
...Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. Such I created all the eternal powers and spirits. . . . Not free, what proof could they have giv'n sincere...faith or love, Where only what they needs must do, appeared Not what they would? What praise could they receive? What pleasure I from such obedience paid,... | |
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Not what they would? what praise could they receive ? What pleasure I from such obedience paid, When will and reason, reason also is choice, Useless and vain, of freedom both despoil'd, Made passive both, had serv'd necessity, no Not me? 
