ETEXT EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS:Argument in a circleHe that stands let him see that he does not fallIf he has deserved it, let them strike off his headMisery had come not from their being enemiesO God! what does man come to!Party hatred was not yet glutted with the blood it had drunkRose superior to his doom and took captivity captiveThis, then, is the reward of forty years' service to the StateTo milk, the cow as long as she would give milk
ETEXT EDITOR'S BOOKMARKS, ENTIRE JOHN OF BARNEVELD 1609-1623:Abstinence from inquisition into consciences and private parlourActs of violence which under pretext of religionAdulation for inferiors whom they despiseAdvanced orthodox party-PuritansAffection of his friends and the wrath of his enemiesAllowed the demon of religious hatred to enter into its bodyAlmost infinite power of the meanest of passionsAnd give advice. Of that, although always a spendthriftAnd now the knife of another priest-led fanaticArgument in a circleAristocracy of God's electAs with his own people, keeping no back-door openAt a blow decapitated FranceAtheist, a tyrant, because he resisted dictation from the clergyBehead, torture, burn alive, and bury alive all hereticsBetter to be governed by magistrates than mobsBurning with bitter revenge for all the favours he had receivedCalumny is often a stronger and more lasting power than disdainCasual outbursts of eternal friendshipChanged his positions and contradicted himself day by dayChristian sympathy and a small assistance not being sufficientConciliation when war of extermination was intendedConclusive victory for the allies seemed as predestinedConsidered it his special mission in the world to mediateContained within itself the germs of a larger libertyCould not be both judge and party in the suitCovered now with the satirical dust of centuriesCreated one child for damnation and another for salvationDeadly hatred of Puritans in England and HollandDeath rather than life with a false acknowledgment of guiltDenoungced as an obstacle to peaceDepths of credulity men in all ages can sinkDepths theological party spirit could descendDetermined to bring the very name of liberty into contemptDevote himself to his gout and to his fair young wifeDisputing the eternal damnation of young childrenDoctrine of predestination in its sternest and strictest senseEmperor of Japan addressed him as his brother monarchEnemy of all compulsion of the human conscienceEpernon, the true murderer of HenryEstimating his character and judging his judgesEverybody should mind his own businessExtraordinary capacity for yielding to gentle violenceFate, free will, or absolute foreknowledgeFather Cotton, who was only too ready to betray the secretsFrance was mourning Henry and waiting for RichelieuFurious mob set upon the house of Rem BischopGive him advice if he asked it, and money when he requiredGreat war of religion and politics was postponedHardly a sound Protestant policy anywhere but in HollandHe was not imperial of aspect on canvas or coinHe who would have all may easily lose allHe who spreads the snare always tumbles into the ditch himselfHe was a sincere bigotHe that stands let him see that he does not fallHeidelberg Catechism were declared to be infallibleHighborn demagogues in that as in every age affect adulationHistory has not too many really important and emblematic menHuman nature in its meanness and shameI know how to console myselfI hope and I fearIf he has deserved it, let them strike off his headImpatience is often on the part of the non-combatantsImplication there was much, of assertion very littleIn this he was much behind his age or before itIntense bigotry of convictionInternational friendship, the self-interest of eachIt had not yet occurred to him that he was marriedIt was the true religion, and there was none otherJames of England, who admired, envied, and hated HenryJealousy, that potent principleJesuit Mariana—justifying the killing of excommunicated kingsJohn RobinsonKing who thought it furious madness to resist the enemyKing's definite and final intentions, varied from day to dayLanguage which is ever living because it is deadLogic is rarely the quality on which kings pride themselvesLouis XIII.Ludicrous gravityMagistracy at that moment seemed to mean the swordMake the very name of man a term of reproachMisery had come not from their being enemiesMockery of negotiation in which nothing could be negotiatedMore apprehension of fraud than of forceMore fiercely opposed to each other than to PapistsMost detestable verses that even he had ever composedNecessity of deferring to powerful sovereignsNeither kings nor governments are apt to value logicNever lack of fishers in troubled watersNo man pretended to think of the StateNo man can be neutral in civil contentionsNo synod had a right to claim Netherlanders as slavesNone but God to compel me to say more than I choose to sayNot his custom nor that of his councillors to go to bedO God! what does man come to!Only true religionOpening an abyss between government and peopleOpposed the subjection of the magistracy by the priesthoodOutdoing himself in dogmatism and inconsistencyPartisans wanted not accommodation but victoryParty hatred was not yet glutted with the blood it had drunkPhilip IV.Pot-valiant heroPower the poison of which it is so difficult to resistPractised successfully the talent of silencePresents of considerable sums of money to the negotiators madePriests shall control the state or the state govern the priestsPrinces show what they have in them at twenty-five or neverPuritanism in Holland was a very different thing from EnglandPutting the cart before the oxenQueen is entirely in the hands of Spain and the priestsRather a wilderness to reign over than a single hereticReligion was made the strumpet of Political AmbitionReligious toleration, which is a phrase of insultResolve to maintain the civil authority over the militaryRose superior to his doom and took captivity captiveSafest citadel against an invader and a tyrant is distrustSchism in the Church had become a public factSecure the prizes of war without the troubles and dangersSeemed bent on self-destructionSenectus edam maorbus estShe declined to be his procuressSmall matter which human folly had dilated into a great oneSmooth words, in the plentiful lack of any substantialSo much in advance of his time as to favor religious equalityStand between hope and fearStroke of a broken table knife sharpened on a carriage wheelSuccessful in this step, he is ready for greater onesTempest of passion and prejudiceThat he tries to lay the fault on us is pure maliceThat cynical commerce in human livesThe effect of energetic, uncompromising calumnyThe evils resulting from a confederate system of governmentThe vehicle is often prized more than the freightThe voice of slanderersThe truth in shortest about matters of importanceThe assassin, tortured and torn by four horsesThe defence of the civil authority against the priesthoodThe magnitude of this wonderful sovereign's littlenessThe Catholic League and the Protestant UnionTheir own roofs were not quite yet in a blazeTheological hatred was in full blaze throughout the countryTheology and politics were oneThere was no use in holding language of authority to himThere was but one king in Europe, Henry the BearneseTherefore now denounced the man whom he had injuredThey have killed him, 'e ammazato,' cried ConciniThings he could tell which are too odious and dreadfulThirty Years' War tread on the heels of the forty yearsThis wonderful sovereign's littleness oppresses the imaginationThis, then, is the reward of forty years' service to the StateTo milk, the cow as long as she would give milkTo stifle for ever the right of free enquiryTo look down upon their inferior and lost fellow creaturesUncouple the dogs and let them runUnimaginable outrage as the most legitimate industryVows of an eternal friendship of several weeks' durationWhat could save the House of Austria, the cause of PapacyWhether repentance could effect salvationWhether dead infants were hopelessly damnedWhose mutual hatred was now artfully inflamed by partisansWilliam BrewsterWise and honest a man, although he be somewhat longsomeWish to appear learned in matters of which they are ignorantWork of the aforesaid Puritans and a few JesuitsWrath of the Jesuits at this exercise of legal authorityYes, there are wicked men aboutYesterday is the preceptor of To-morrow