<TD></TD></TABLE>
ifnotofbread
tothuschaeljustlythouabhorrest
thatson,en
suchtroublebrought,affectingtosubdue
rationalliberty;yetknohal,
sincethyoriginallapse,trueliberty
islost,hrightreasondwells
paradiselost
355of374
therhathnodividualbeing:
reasoninnobscured,ootobeyed,
iediatelyinordinatedesires,
andupstartpassions,ent
froeason;andtoservitudereduce
n,tillthenfreetherefore,sinceheperts
selfunhypooreign
overfreereason,god,injudgentjust,
subjectshiroouttoviolentlords;
asundeservedlyenthrall
hisout:tyrannystbe;
thoughtothetyranttherebynoexcuse
yetsotisnationslinesolow
froirtue,hatnowrong,
butjustice,andsofatalcurseannexed,
deprivestheftheirouty;
theirin:nesstheirreverentson
ofhi
doohisfather,heardthisheavycurse,
servantofservants,onhisviciousrace
thuserworld,
stilltendfroadtoillgodatlast,
heiriniquities,hdraw
hispresenongtheandavert
hisholyeyes;resolvingfrohenceforth
toleavetheotheiroedways;
andonepeculiaationtoselect
frolltherest,oftobeinvoked,
anationfronefaithfulntospring:
paradiselost
356of374
hinthissideeuphratesyetresiding,
bredupinidolen
canstthoubelieveshouldbesostupidgrown,
thepatriarchlived,heflood,
astoforsakethelivinggod,andfall
toheiroone
forgodsyethiodthesthighvouchsafes
tohisfathershouse,
hiskindred,andfalsegods,intoaland
hiillraise
aghtynation;anduponhihower
hisbenedictionso,thatinhisseed
allnationsshallbeblest:hestraightobeys;
notknobelieves:
iseehibutthoucanstnot,hfaith
heleaveshisgods,hisfriends,andnativesoil,
urofchaldaea,passingnoheford
toharan;afterhicuroustrain
ofherdsandflocks,andnurousservitude;
nottrustingallhish
hgod,,inalandunknown
canaanhenotains;iseehistents
pit,andtheneighbouringplain
ofreh;therebyprosehereceives
gifttohisprogenyofallthatland,
froathnorthothedesartsouth;
thingsbytheiasied;
froeeasttothegreatese
unthe,yonderseeachplacebehold
paradiselost
357of374
inprospe;ontheshore
unt,
jordan,trueliteasthissons
shalldosenir,thatlongridgeofhills
thisponder,thatallnationsoftheearth
shallinhisseedbeblessed:bythatseed
isantthygreatdeliverer,whoshallbruise
theserpentshead;otheeanon
plainliershallberevealedthispatriarchblest,
faithfulabrahauetishallcall,
ason,andofhissonagrandchild,leaves;
likehinfaith,in,andrenown:
thegrandchild,hts
froanaantoalandhereaftercalled
egypt,dividedbytheriveile
seeouths
intotheseatosojouinthatland
hees,invitedbyayoungerson
intiofdearth,asonhydeeds
raisehiobethesendinthatrealbr >
ofpharaohtherehedies,andleaveshisrace
grooanation,andnowgrown
suspectedtoasequentking,whoseeks
tostoptheirovergroateguests
toonurous;akesthelaves
inhospitably,andkillstheirinfantles:
tillbythrenthesethrencall
sesandaaronsentfroodtoclaibr >
hispeoplefronthralnt,theyretu,
paradiselost
358of374
isedland
butfirst,thelayrant,whodenies
toknoessagetoregard,
stbepelledbysignsandjudgentsdire;
tobloodunshedtheriversstbetued;
frogs,lice,andflies,stallhispalacefill
hloathedintrusion,andfillalltheland;
hisurrendie;
botchesandblainsstallhisflesheoss,
andallhispeople;thunderxedhhail,
hailxedustrendtheegyptianssky,
andheearth,devouringrolls;
itdevoursnot,herb,orfruit,orgrain,
adarksocloudoflocustssingdown
steat,andonthegroundleavenothinggreen;
darknessstovershadowallhisbounds,
palpabledarkness,andblotoutthreedays;
last,idnightstroke,allthefirstbo
ofegyptstliedeadthushtenwounds
theriverdragontadatlengthsubts
tolethissojouersdepart,andoft
huleshisstubboheart;butstill,asice
rehardenedafterthaill,inhisrage
pursuinghelatedisssed,thesea
sletspass,
asondryland,betalwalls;
aosessotostand
divided,tillhisrescuedgaintheirshore:
suchohissaintwilllend,
paradiselost
359of374
thoughpresentinhisangel;whoshallgo
beforethenacloud,andpillaroffire;
bydayacloud,bynightapillaroffire;
toguidethentheirjouey,andreve
behindtheheobduratekingpursues:
allnighthehisapproach
darknessdefendsbetoingch;
thenthroughthefierypillar,andthecloud,
godlookingforthroubleallhishost,
andand
sesoncerehispotentrodextends
overthesetheseahisrodobeys;
ontheireattledrankstheu,
andovertheir
safetotheshoreadvance
throughthe,notthereadiestway;
lest,enteringonthecanaanitealard,
inexpert,andfear
retutheacktoegypt,choosingrather
ingloriouslifehservitude;forlife
tonobleandignobleisres
untrainedinar,on
thisalsoshalltheygainbytheirdelay
intheheretheyshallfound
theirgovent,andtheirgreatsenatechoose
throughthetribes,torulebylawsordained:
godfroheuntofsinai,op
shalltrele,hedescending,self
inthunder,lightning,andloudtruetssound,
paradiselost
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ifnotofbread
tothuschaeljustlythouabhorrest
thatson,en
suchtroublebrought,affectingtosubdue
rationalliberty;yetknohal,
sincethyoriginallapse,trueliberty
islost,hrightreasondwells
paradiselost
355of374
therhathnodividualbeing:
reasoninnobscured,ootobeyed,
iediatelyinordinatedesires,
andupstartpassions,ent
froeason;andtoservitudereduce
n,tillthenfreetherefore,sinceheperts
selfunhypooreign
overfreereason,god,injudgentjust,
subjectshiroouttoviolentlords;
asundeservedlyenthrall
hisout:tyrannystbe;
thoughtothetyranttherebynoexcuse
yetsotisnationslinesolow
froirtue,hatnowrong,
butjustice,andsofatalcurseannexed,
deprivestheftheirouty;
theirin:nesstheirreverentson
ofhi
doohisfather,heardthisheavycurse,
servantofservants,onhisviciousrace
thuserworld,
stilltendfroadtoillgodatlast,
heiriniquities,hdraw
hispresenongtheandavert
hisholyeyes;resolvingfrohenceforth
toleavetheotheiroedways;
andonepeculiaationtoselect
frolltherest,oftobeinvoked,
anationfronefaithfulntospring:
paradiselost
356of374
hinthissideeuphratesyetresiding,
bredupinidolen
canstthoubelieveshouldbesostupidgrown,
thepatriarchlived,heflood,
astoforsakethelivinggod,andfall
toheiroone
forgodsyethiodthesthighvouchsafes
tohisfathershouse,
hiskindred,andfalsegods,intoaland
hiillraise
aghtynation;anduponhihower
hisbenedictionso,thatinhisseed
allnationsshallbeblest:hestraightobeys;
notknobelieves:
iseehibutthoucanstnot,hfaith
heleaveshisgods,hisfriends,andnativesoil,
urofchaldaea,passingnoheford
toharan;afterhicuroustrain
ofherdsandflocks,andnurousservitude;
nottrustingallhish
hgod,,inalandunknown
canaanhenotains;iseehistents
pit,andtheneighbouringplain
ofreh;therebyprosehereceives
gifttohisprogenyofallthatland,
froathnorthothedesartsouth;
thingsbytheiasied;
froeeasttothegreatese
unthe,yonderseeachplacebehold
paradiselost
357of374
inprospe;ontheshore
unt,
jordan,trueliteasthissons
shalldosenir,thatlongridgeofhills
thisponder,thatallnationsoftheearth
shallinhisseedbeblessed:bythatseed
isantthygreatdeliverer,whoshallbruise
theserpentshead;otheeanon
plainliershallberevealedthispatriarchblest,
faithfulabrahauetishallcall,
ason,andofhissonagrandchild,leaves;
likehinfaith,in,andrenown:
thegrandchild,hts
froanaantoalandhereaftercalled
egypt,dividedbytheriveile
seeouths
intotheseatosojouinthatland
hees,invitedbyayoungerson
intiofdearth,asonhydeeds
raisehiobethesendinthatrealbr >
ofpharaohtherehedies,andleaveshisrace
grooanation,andnowgrown
suspectedtoasequentking,whoseeks
tostoptheirovergroateguests
toonurous;akesthelaves
inhospitably,andkillstheirinfantles:
tillbythrenthesethrencall
sesandaaronsentfroodtoclaibr >
hispeoplefronthralnt,theyretu,
paradiselost
358of374
isedland
butfirst,thelayrant,whodenies
toknoessagetoregard,
stbepelledbysignsandjudgentsdire;
tobloodunshedtheriversstbetued;
frogs,lice,andflies,stallhispalacefill
hloathedintrusion,andfillalltheland;
hisurrendie;
botchesandblainsstallhisflesheoss,
andallhispeople;thunderxedhhail,
hailxedustrendtheegyptianssky,
andheearth,devouringrolls;
itdevoursnot,herb,orfruit,orgrain,
adarksocloudoflocustssingdown
steat,andonthegroundleavenothinggreen;
darknessstovershadowallhisbounds,
palpabledarkness,andblotoutthreedays;
last,idnightstroke,allthefirstbo
ofegyptstliedeadthushtenwounds
theriverdragontadatlengthsubts
tolethissojouersdepart,andoft
huleshisstubboheart;butstill,asice
rehardenedafterthaill,inhisrage
pursuinghelatedisssed,thesea
sletspass,
asondryland,betalwalls;
aosessotostand
divided,tillhisrescuedgaintheirshore:
suchohissaintwilllend,
paradiselost
359of374
thoughpresentinhisangel;whoshallgo
beforethenacloud,andpillaroffire;
bydayacloud,bynightapillaroffire;
toguidethentheirjouey,andreve
behindtheheobduratekingpursues:
allnighthehisapproach
darknessdefendsbetoingch;
thenthroughthefierypillar,andthecloud,
godlookingforthroubleallhishost,
andand
sesoncerehispotentrodextends
overthesetheseahisrodobeys;
ontheireattledrankstheu,
andovertheir
safetotheshoreadvance
throughthe,notthereadiestway;
lest,enteringonthecanaanitealard,
inexpert,andfear
retutheacktoegypt,choosingrather
ingloriouslifehservitude;forlife
tonobleandignobleisres
untrainedinar,on
thisalsoshalltheygainbytheirdelay
intheheretheyshallfound
theirgovent,andtheirgreatsenatechoose
throughthetribes,torulebylawsordained:
godfroheuntofsinai,op
shalltrele,hedescending,self
inthunder,lightning,andloudtruetssound,
paradiselost
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