...reading each day a chapter of the Greek Testament, and hearing his learned exposition upon the same .. . The next work after this was the writing from his...ablest of divines who had written of that subject.' (Phillips, p. xix.) 1. 15. 'Himself giving an example to those under him of hard study and spare diet;...

...Greek Testament, and hearing his learned exposition upon the same (and how this savored of atheism in him, I leave to the courteous backbiter to judge)....Perfect System of Divinity, of which more hereafter. Now persons so far manuducted into the highest paths of literature both divine and human, had they...

..."The next work after this [ie, the reading of passages from the Greek testament] was the writing at his own dictation, some part, from time to time, of...tractate which he thought fit to collect from the ablest divines who had written on that subject: Amesius, Wollebius, etc., viz.: A Perfect System of Divinity,...

...The next work after this [ie, the reading of passages from the Greek testament] was the writing at his own dictation, some part, from time to time, of...tractate which he thought fit to collect from the ablest divines who had written on that subject: Amesius, Wollebius, etc., viz.: A Perfect System of Divinity,...

...exposition upon the same (and how this savored of atheism in him, I leave to the courteous backbiter r to judge). The next work after this, was the writing...written of that subject : Amesius, Wollebius, &c., vis., A Perfect System of Divinity, of which more hereafter. — Life of Milton. MARRIAGE — Two VERSIONS....

...Edward Phillips, the assignment of his students on Sunday was "writing from his own dictation, some part of a tractate which he thought fit to collect from the ablest of divines who had written on that subject : Amesius, Wollebius, etc." Both Ames* and Wollebius themselves came to modified Calvinistic*...

...Greek Testament, and hearing his Learned Exposition upon the same, (and how this savoured of Atheism in him, I leave to the courteous Backbiter to judge)....Divines, who had written of that Subject; Amesius, Wollehius, &c. viz. A perfect System of Divinity, of which more hereafter. 8 Now persons so far Manuducted...

...Milton worked with amanuenses.26 Edward Phillips notes that Milton asked him and his brother to write "from his own dictation, some part, from time to time,...thought fit to collect from the ablest of Divines" (Darbishire, p. 61). Phillips's specific description that Milton also "set out several Treatises" against...

...Greek Testament, and hearing his learned exposition upon the same (and how this savored of atheism in him, I leave to the courteous backbiter to judge)....perfect System of Divinity, of which more hereafter. Now persons so far manuducted into the highest paths of literature both divine and human, had they...

...unearthed. M It should be observed that Phillips mentions what he calls "a Tractate which [Milton] thought fit to collect from the ablest of Divines,...perfect System of Divinity, of which more hereafter" (xix) but he never returns to that "System of Divinity." As we have observed, Phillips was in Shrewsbury...