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250 Paradife Loft BOOK X. THE ARGUMENT. Mans tranfgreffion known, the Guardian Angels fo fake Paradife, and return up to Heaven to app thir vigilance, and are approv'd, God declaring the The entrance of Satan could not be by them preveme He fends his Son to judge the Tranfgreffors, who fcends and gives Sentence accordingly; then in cleaths them both, and reafcends. Sin and Da fitting till then at the Gates of Hell, by wondrous sys pathie feeling the fuccefs of Satan in this new Worl and the fin by Man there committed, refolve to firs longer confind in Hell, but to follow Satan thir Sin up to the place of Man: To make the way cafier fra Hell to this World to and fro,they pave a broad High way or Bridge over Chaos, according to the Tra that Satan firft made; then preparing for Ear they meet him proud of his fuccefs returning to H thir mutual gratulation. Satan arrives at Pandemo nium, in full of affembly relates with brafting i face Book X. Paradise Loft. 251 fuccefs against Manfinstead of applanfe is enter- tained with a generals by all his audience, trans- form'd with himself Juddenly into Serpents, ac cording to his doom giv'n in Paradife; then deluded with a fhew of the forbidden Tree fpringing up before them, they greedily reaching to take of the Fruit, chew duft and bitter afhes. The proceedings of Sin and Death; God foretels the final Victory of bis Son over them, and the renewing of all things, but for the prefent commands his Angels to make feveral alterati- ons in the Heavens and Elements. Adam more and more perceiving his fall'n condition beavily bewailes, rejects the condolement of Eve; fhe perfifts and at length appeafes bim: then to evade the Curfe likely to fall on thir Ofspring, propofes to Adam violent wayes which he but conceiving better hope, pute approves not, her in mind of the late Promife made them, that her Seed fhould be reveng'd on the Serpent, and exhorts ber with him to feeck Peace of the offended Deity, by repentance and fupplication. M Eanwhile the hainous and defpightfall act Of Satan done in Paradife, and how Hee in the Serpent, had perverted Eve, Her Husband ſhee, to tafte the fatall fruit, Was known in Heav'n, for what can fcape the Eye Of God All-feeing, or deceave his Heart Omnifcient, who in all things wife and juft, Hinder'd not Satan to attempt the minde Of Man, with ftrength entire, and free will arm'd, Complete to have difcover'd and repulft Whatever wiles of Foe or feeming Friend. For ftill they knew, and ought to have ftill remember'd The high Injunction not to tafte that Fruit, Who-