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Chiefly, what may concern her faith to know,
The great deliverance by her feed to come
(For by the woman's feed) on all mankind.
That ye may live, which will be many days,
Both in one faith unanimous, though fad,
With caufe! for evils paft; yet, much more cheer'd
With meditation on the happy end.

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He ended; and they both descend the hill: Defcended, ADAM to the bow'r, where EVE Lay fleeping, ran before; but found her wak'd; And thus with words not fad fhe him receiv'd.

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WHENCE thou return'ft, and whither went'ft, I know; For GOD is alfo in fleep, and dreams advise; Which he hath fent propitious, fome great good Prefaging, fince with forrow, and heart's diftrefs Wearied I fell asleep: but now, lead on! In me is no delay; with thee to go, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling: thou to me Art all things under heav'n, all places thou; Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence. This further confolation yet fecure I carry hence; though all by me is loft, Such favour I unworthy am vouchsaf'd, By me the promis'd Seed fhall all restore.

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So fpake our mother EVE; and ADAM heard
Well-pleas'd, but anfwer'd not: for now, too nigh
Th' Arch-Angel stood; and from the other hill
To their fix'd station, all in bright array,
The Cherubim defcended; on the ground
Gliding meteorous, as ev'ning mist,
Ris'n from a river, o'er the marish glides;

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And gathers ground faft at the lab'rer's heel,
Homeward returning. High in front advanc'd,
The brandish'd fword of God before them blaz'd,
Fierce as a comet; which with torrid heat,
And vapours as the LIBYAN air aduft,
Began to parch that temperate clime; whereat
In either hand the haft'ning angel caught
Our lingring parents; and to th' ealtern gate
Led them direct; and down the cliff as faft,
To the fubjected plain; then difappear'd.
They looking back, all th' eastern fide beheld
Of Paradife, fo late their happy ftate!
Wav'd over by that flaming brand; the gate
With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms.
Some natural tears they drop'd, but wip'd them foon
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Their place of reft, and Providence their guide.
They, hand in hand, with wand'ring fteps, and flow,
Through EDEN took their folitary way.

THE END.

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INDEX.

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Aron and Mofes, their miffion to'
Egypt

Abdiel, a Seraph, opposes Satan
promoting the angels revolt,

&c.

Reply to his anfwer

His fidelity, &c. celebrated

Retreat from Satan's party

Soliloquy on view of him at their head

Speech to him thereon

Reply to his anfwer

Encounters him in the battle

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Vanquishes Ariel, Arioc and Ramiel

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(fallen angels)

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Abel and Cain, their story related

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Abraham's and the patriarchs

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All nations his fons by faith

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Acheron, a river of hell

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Adam and Eve defcrib'd generally

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Anfwer to her question about the night-

ly luminaries

Viewing her fleeping

Anfwer to her relating her dream, (the
fubject of Satan's first illufive temp-
tation)

To her weeping

Invites the angel Raphael to his bower, &c. 5

Difcourfe with him

Continued on various fubjects

Vide Raphael.

His creation and dominion, &c. over the

creatures

Prohibited the Tree of Knowledge

Account of himself, and the objects

about him, &c. on his creation

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Of his first view of the divine prefence,
inftation in Paradife, &c.

Speech to God thereon, and on his folitude
there

Reply to God's anfwer

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Sleep on the formation of Eve defcrib'd

His firft view of her

Paffion for her

Valediction to Raphael

Difcourfe with Eve preceding the temp-
tation (on Satan's fubtilty, and the

means to refift it, &c.)

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Refolves to die with her

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