 And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple. Who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free...  A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed - Page 185edited by - 1916 - 889 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Theology - 1837 - 548 pages
...be better expressed than in the vigorous and noble language of Milton, near the close of his Essay. And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose...; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter ? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing. He who hears what praying there... | |
 | Theology - 1844 - 460 pages
...fear not for man. God is leading him on still, as he led Israel for forty years in the wilderness. " Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to...grapple. Who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter ?" Yet our trust is not a blind reliance on the power of truth, or the goodness... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means. * honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy and r.']«cL encounter? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing. He who hears what praying... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1844 - 452 pages
...fear not for man. God is leading him on still, as he led Israel for forty years in the wilderness. " Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to...grapple. Who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter ?" Yet our trust is not a blind reliance on the power of truth, or the goodness... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...laid by without perusal. And now the time in special is, by privilege to write and speak what may help to the further discussing of matters in agitation....; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing. He who hears what praying there... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means. Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to...grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter ? tier confuting is the best and surest suppressing. What a collusion is this, whenas... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 246 pages
...country, by his word, and by his grace, his people will be prepared for the conflict. Nobly says Milton, " Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to...grapple ; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?" No man, ever; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is LIBEHTY. Pass we now... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - 202 pages
...country, by his word, and by his grace, his people will be prepared for the conflict. Nobly says Milton, " Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to...grapple ; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?" No man, ever ; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is LIBERTY. Pass we... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means. * * ome churls at our mirth repine, Round and open encounter ! Her confuting is the beet and surest suppressing. He who hears what praying there... | |
 | John Milton - Essays - 1848 - 566 pages
...to the further discussing of matters in agitation. The temple of Janus, with his two controversial faces, might now not unsignificantly be set open....; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing. He who hears what praying there... | |
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