Liber I, cap. 5. De Filio DeiThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶7} Philipp. ii. 6. — …forma Dei esset, rapinam non duxit hoc æqualia esse cum Deo, Philipp. ii. 6. nempe quia id dono acceperat, non rapto. Esse autem æqualem, si is sensus loci illius est, unitatem essentiæ re…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶7} Philipp. ii. 5. — …the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, Philipp. ii. 5. namely, because he had obtained them by gift, not by robbery. For if this passage imply his co-equality with th…