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John Milton Quotes about Sin

Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak.

John Milton, David Scott Kastan “Paradise Lost (Kastan Edition)”, Hackett Publishing

Death from sin no power can separate.

John Milton (1873). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Preliminary Dissertations on Each Poem, Notes Critical and Explanatory, an Index to the Subjects of Paradise Lost, and a Verbal Index to All the Poems”, p.217

Laws can discover sin, but not remove it

John Milton (1754). “Milton's Paradise Lost; Or, The Fall of Man: With Historical, Philosophical, Critical, & Explanatory Notes”, p.417

So many laws argues so many sins.

John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors”, p.444

Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be a sin to know? Can it be death?

John Milton, Alastair Fowler (2007). “Paradise Lost”, p.251, Pearson Education