John Milton Quotes on God (22 Quotes)

God is thy law, thou mine to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.

For Son of God to me is yet in doubt.

God is decreeing to begin some new and great period in His Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does He then but reveal Himself to His servants, and as His manner is, first to His Englishmen.

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

As good almost kill a man as kill a good book who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, Gods image but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.

Lord how many are my foes
How many those
That in arms against me rise
Many are they
That of my life distrustfully thus say,
No help for him in God there lies.

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, and all her various objects of delight annulled, which might in part my grief have eased. Inferior to the vilest now become of man or worm the vilest here excel me, they creep, yet see I, dark in light, exposed to daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, within doors, or without, still as a fool, in power of others, never in my own scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half.

Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men.

The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him and imitate Him.

If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate such difference in each other, until God shall have revealed the truth to all

For contemplation he and valour formed For softness she and sweet attractive grace, He for God only, she for God in him His fair large front and eye sublime declare Absolute rule and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad. Which implied Subjection, but required with gentle sway And by her yielded, by him best received Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet reluctant amorous delay.... God is thy law, thou mine to know no more Is womans happiest knowledge and her praise.... For nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.

I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.

She fair, divinely fair, fit love for Gods!

Hail, Son of God, Saviour of Men!

Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.

Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight, who singly has maintained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms.

You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire you build egos the size of cathedrals fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own God... and where can you go from there

God so commanded, and left that command Sole daughter of his voice the rest we live Law to ourselves, our reason is our law.

Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.

Or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God.

Daughter of God and Man, immortal Eve!

What doubt'st thou, Son of God?