Which he hath sent propitious, some great good Presaging, since with sorrow' and heart's distress 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 consolation yet secure
I carry hence; though all by me is lost, Such favour I unworthy am vouchsaf'd, By me the promis'd Seed shall all restore."
So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard
Well pleas'd, but answer'd not; for now too nigh 625 Th' arch-angel stood; and from the other hill To their fix'd station, all in bright array The cherubim descended; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening mist Ris'n from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the lab'rer's heel Homeward returning. High in front advane'd, The brandish'd sword of God before them blaz'd, Fierce as a comet; which with torrid heat, And vapour as the Lybian air adust, Began to parch that temp'rate clime; whereat In either hand the hast'ning angel caught Our ling'ring parents, and to th' eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain; then disappear❜d. They, looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms:
Some natural tears they dropt, but wip'd them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose 646 Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They, hand in hand, with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Note, The numeral letters refer to the Book, the figures to the Line.
AARON and Moses, their mission to Egypt, xii. 170 Abdiel, a Seraph, his opposition to Satan, respecting the revolt of the Angels, v. 803. his fidelity, v. 896. abandons the party of Satan, vi. 1. soliloquy on view. ing him at their head. vi. 114. his conquest of Ariel, Arioch, and Ramiel, vi. 369
Abel and Cain, their story, xi. 429
Abraham and the Patriarchs, story of, xii. 113 Adam and Eve, general description of them, iv. 288. more minutely described, iv. 295. their state of inno- cence, iv. 312 492 738. v. 211 303. viii. 510, enter- tainment of the angel Raphael, v. 313 391. their nuptial bed described, iv. 708, their behaviour after the fall, and on finding themselves naked, ix. 1004 1051. attempt to avoid God, x. 97. appear before him, x. 109. their expulsion from Paradise, xii. 265 Adam, his discourse with Eve on the prohibition of the tree of knowledge, iv. 411. on viewing her sleep- ing, v. 8. his answer to her dream relative to Sa- tan's first temptation, v. 94. his discourse in the bower with Raphael, v. 460. his creation and do. minion, ix. 524. his first view of the Divine Pre- sence, &c. viii. 311. his speech to God on his soli- tude in Paradise, viii. 357. his passion for Eve, viii. 521. discourses with her on Satan's subtlety, ix. from 205 to 384. soliloquy on her transgression, ix. 896. resolves to die with her, ix. 907. eats the for bidden fruit, ix. 996. solicits her to submit to sexual pleasures, and their consequences, ix. 1011 1016. speech to her on their fall, &c. ix. 1067. the sen- tence on him, x. 197. reflects on the immortality of the soul, &c. x. 782. his resolution against the ad- vice of Eve to commit suicide, x. 1028. behaviour
on receiving the message for their expulsion, xi.
Adramelech and Asmalia, fallen angels, their defeat, vi. 365
Amarant, a flower, transplanted to Heaven, iii. 352 Ambition censured, ii. 482.
Angels obey God from choice, v. 535. engagement of the celestial party against Satan, vi. 202 634. their song on the creation, vii. 180 252 557 602. their re- ascent to Heaven on Adam's fall, xi. 17. appointed to drive Adam from Paradise, xi. 127. execution of that office, xii. 626.
defeat and expulsion transformed into ser-
Angels, the fallen, their names, i. 374. pursuits, ii. 528. engagement, vi. 202. from Heaven, vi. 831-877. pents, &c. x. 519 547
Apostles, their mission, &c, xii. 439. their successors described, xii. 508
Azazel, Satan's standard bearer, i. 534
Babel, its building, and the confusion of languages thence arising, xii. 38 48
Battle between the angels described, vi. 202 to 877 Beelzebub described, ii. 299. excites an attempt on the world, ii. 245
Belial, speeches of, ii. 119. vi. 620
Blasts, originated from the fall of Adam, x. 692 Bridge from the gates of Hell over Chaos to the world,
Cain and Abel, their story, xi. 429 Cham, his story, xii. 101
Chance, explosion of the general idea respecting it, ii.
Chaos described, ii. 890. vii. 210. its limits since the fall of the Angels, ii. 998. its state before that event,
Church, hirelings in it compared with the devil in Paradise, iv. 192
Conjugal love praised, iv. 750 765. definition of it, viii. 589. a reciprocal duty, ix. 357
Conjugal union, its reasons and obligations, viii. 494. ix. 955 961
Conscience, the umpire of God in man, iii. 194. its terrors, iv. 23. x. 842. censure of laws to enforce it, xii. 515
Creation, the universal, description of it, iii. 708. vii.
Creatures in Paradise described, iv. 340. their discord a consequence of the fall, x. 707
Dagon, a fallen angel, some account of, i. 457 Damned, description of the vicissitudes of their for ments, ii. 596
David, why his throne is eternal, xii. 320
Day and night in Heaven, description of, vi. 4 Death and Sin, their post at the gates of Hell, before the fall, ii. 688. their union, x. 249. their meeting with Satan on his return to Hell, x. 326. their arri- val at Paradise, x. 585. subsequent conduct in the world, x. 610
Death, description of, ii. 666. its parentage, ii. 727. its birth, ii. 777. its answers to Sin, x. 264 596
Death. of the body, its causes and variety, xi. 466 to 493. its terrors more imaginary than real, xi. 469. the gate of life, xii. 571
Death, eternal, considerations on, x. 808 Deluge, see Noah
Despair, its degrees, &c. iv. 108
Devils, why excluded from grace, iii. 129
Discord censured, ii. 496, the daughter of Sin, x. 707 Dominion, absolute amongst men, unjustifiable, xii. 64 Dreams, illusory, iv. 799. natural, v. 110. divine, xii.
Eagle, a bird of prey, one effect of Adam's fall, xi. 185 Earth, its creation, iii. 715. vii. 231. its separation from the waters described, vii. 276. speculations on its motion, or that of the heavens, censured, viii. 70,
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