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 {¶24} Rom. xiv. 14, 17. — …n ingreditur in cor ejus, sed ventriculum, &c. Rom. xiv. 14, 17. persuasus sum, &c. non est regnum Dei esca et potus—. 1 Cor. vi. 13. escæ ventri destinatæ sunt, et vent…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶24} v. 17 — …iberty may be a stumbling-block to any of the brethren. Matt. xv. 17, 18. do not ye yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the dr…