Liber II, cap. 4. De Cultu ExternoThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶4} Micæ vi. 6, &c. — …t qua Deus ritu et ratione ab ipso præscripta sincere colitur. Micæ vi. 6, &c. quanam re instructus veniam ante Jehovam—? Appellatur in scripturis λατρεύειν, Matt. iv. 10. et δουλεύειν, ca…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶4} Mic. vi. 7, &c. — …l, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David. Mic. vi. 7, &c. will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-…