 | William Gresley - Preaching - 1840 - 414 pages
...gender strife. Such are the topics which Milton represents the fallen angels as discussing — they " Reasoned high, Of providence, foreknowledge, will,...absolute ; And found no end in wandering mazes lost 2." The end of such discussions is too commonly to unsettle men's minds, and call forth the angry passions... | |
 | C. Palfrey - Liberalism (Religion) - 1840 - 754 pages
...one strikingly of certain other speculations, noticed in an oft-quoted passage :— " Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and...high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge ahsolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Bible - 1840 - 462 pages
...who have gone before you, " And now apart sit on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate and reason high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And find no end in wandering mazes lost." Next to that of being called is the step of our being justified,... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...In thoughts more elevate, and reason 'd high Of providence , foreknowledge, will, and fate — Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness, and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate — 560 Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then Of happiness, and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd , that stinks and stings; iVhose buzz the witty and the fair annoys. fet wit ne'er Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion anil apalhy, and glory... | |
 | Theology - 1842 - 514 pages
...experience, by having gotten so often involved in painful, thorny speculations in hell. There they reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and...absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. We hardly know whether it be easier or more common to speculate the heart out of one's religion, or... | |
 | Religion - 1842 - 1046 pages
...experience, by having gotten so often involved in painful, thorny speculations in hell. There they reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge ahBolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. We hardly know whether it be easier or more common... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pages
...In thought* more elevate , and reason'd high Of Providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , Fix'd fate , free will , foreknowledge absolute , And found no end , in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then , Of happiness and linal misery , Passion and apathy , and glory... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then : Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory... | |
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Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. 
