Catalogue Entry: THEM00344
Book II: Chapter 11
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But ye will say, these (the prophets) had immediate warrant from God to be thus bitter; and I say, so much the plainlier is it proved, that there may be a sanctified bitterness against the enemies of truth.' Apology for Smectymnuus. Prose Works, I. 232.
[2]
... Aside the devil turn'd
For envy, yet with jealous leer malign
Ey'd them askance. Paradise Lost, IV. 502.
I reck not, so it light well aim'd,
Since higher I fall short, on him who next
Provokes my envy, this new favourite
Of Heaven, this man of clay. IX. 173.
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... Th' unjust the just hath slain,
For envy that his brother's offering found
From Heav'n acceptance. XI. 455.
