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1-1 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/1/1 | milton-doctrina | Liber I: De Cognitione Dei | Quid sit Doctrina Christiana, quotque ejus partes | [
"Of the Christian Doctrine, and the Number of its Divisions"
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{¶1} **DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA** est quam **CHRISTUS** (licet eo nomine non a principio cognitus) de Deo ejusque cultu ad gloriam Dei salutemque hominum sæculis quibuscunque **DIVINITUS** tradidit.
{¶2} Scripturis, unde hæc hausimus, credi a Christianis haud inique postulamus; de earum vero auctoritate suo lo... | <!-- p.9 -->
{¶1} **THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE** is that **DIVINE REVELATION** disclosed to all ages by **CHRIST** (though he was not known under that name in the beginning) concerning the nature and worship of the Deity, for the promotion of the glory of God, and the salvation of mankind.
{¶2} It is not unreasonable to a... | {
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1-2 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/1/2 | milton-doctrina | Liber I: De Cognitione Dei | De Deo | [
"Of God"
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{¶1} **ESSE DEUM**, quanquam haud pauci sunt qui negent esse, *dicit enim stultus in corde suo, non est Deus,* Psal. xiv. 1. tot tamen clara indicia sui Deus in mente humana, tot per omnem penitus naturam sui vestigia impressit, ut ignorare Deum esse, nemo non insanus possit. Job. xii. 9. *quid non cognov... | <!-- p.13 -->
{¶1} Though there be not a few who deny the existence of **GOD**,[^s9] for *the fool hath said in his heart, There is no God,* Psal. xiv. 1. yet the Deity has imprinted upon the human mind so many unquestionable tokens of himself, and so many traces of him are apparent throughout the whole of nature, that... | {
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1-3 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/1/3 | milton-doctrina | Liber I: De Cognitione Dei | De Divino Decreto | [
"Of the Divine Decrees"
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{¶1} Hactenus ex natura sua cognoscitur Deus: nunc ex efficientia sua cognoscendus.
{¶2} **EFFICIENTIA DEI** est **INTERNA**, vel **EXTERNA**.
{¶3} **INTERNA** est quæ intra Deum terminatur: qualia sunt ejus decreta: Eph. i. 9. *quod præstituerat in se.*
{¶4} **DECRETUM DEI** est **GENERALE** vel **SPE... | <!-- p.30 -->
{¶1} **H**ITHERTO I have considered that knowledge of God which is to be obtained from his nature. That which is derived from his efficiency is the next subject of inquiry.
{¶2} The **EFFICIENCY** of **GOD** is either **INTERNAL** or **EXTERNAL**.
{¶3} The **INTERNAL EFFICIENCY** of God is that which is... | {
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1-7 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/1/7 | milton-doctrina | Liber I: De Cognitione Dei | De Creatione | [
"Of the Creation"
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1-8 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/1/8 | milton-doctrina | Liber I: De Cognitione Dei | De Providentia Dei seu Rerum Gubernatione Communi | [
"Of the Providence of God, or of his General Government of the Universe"
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1-9 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/1/9 | milton-doctrina | Liber I: De Cognitione Dei | De Gubernatione Speciali Angelorum | [
"Of the Special Government of Angels"
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1-10 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/1/10 | milton-doctrina | Liber I: De Cognitione Dei | De Gubernatione Speciali Hominis ante Lapsum: ubi etiam de Sabbatho et Conjugio | ["Of the Special Government of Man before the Fall, including the Institutions of the Sabbath and of(...TRUNCATED) | John Milton | [
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2-1 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/2/1 | milton-doctrina | Liber II: De Dei Cultu | De Bonis Operibus | [
"Of Good Works"
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2-2 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/2/2 | milton-doctrina | Liber II: De Dei Cultu | De Bonorum Operum Causis Proximis | [
"Of the Proximate Causes of Good Works"
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2-3 | https://milton.wrootpress.com/browse/2/3 | milton-doctrina | Liber II: De Dei Cultu | De Virtutibus ad Dei Cultum pertinentibus | [
"Of the Virtues belonging to the Service of God"
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Milton, De Doctrina Christiana (Latin ↔ English)
24 chapters of Milton's De Doctrina Christiana (~89K words), Latin and English aligned; 23 chapters complete, 1 in progress (marked in its record).
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