It's in response to what was deemed to be the chaotic condition of English religious culture that the Presbyterian-led Parliament issued in 1643 the Licensing Act.

这是对被视为英国宗教文化的混乱状况的回应,由长老派领导的议会1643年,颁布的《权法案》

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In the controversies that are leading up to the Licensing Act, one of the authors most frequently mentioned as posing a special threat to the well-being of the English nation is our very own Milton.

这些论战导致了《权利法》的出台，最常提到的对英国的繁荣富强有着特殊威胁的,作者之一就是弥尔顿。

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It's a measure of Milton's ambition and his intellectual courage that enables him to set out to justify a God who can inflict upon his creatures such a seemingly arbitrary act of licensing.

就是弥尔顿的雄心和他智慧的勇气,让他去证实上帝是能强加给他创造的世界,这样看起来专横的控制的行为。

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