600 Chiefly, what may concern her faith to know, 1 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. 605 609 615 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. 620 626 So fpake our mother EVE; and ADAM heard A a 630 And 635 640 And gathers ground faft at the lab'rer's heel, THE END. : INDEX. INDE X. A A Aron and Mofes, their miffion to' Abdiel, a Seraph, opposes Satan &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 Vanquishes Ariel, Arioc and Ramiel 6 (fallen angels) 369 Abel and Cain, their story related Abraham's and the patriarchs All nations his fons by faith Acheron, a river of hell Adam and Eve defcrib'd generally particularly Anfwer to her question about the night- ly luminaries Viewing her fleeping Anfwer to her relating her dream, (the 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 ight-} 5558 129 361 460 651 524 542 332 253 Of Of his first view of the divine prefence, Speech to God thereon, and on his folitude Reply to God's anfwer 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- means to refift it, &c.) Care, and fears for her in abfence 9 838 Meets her returning with the forbidden fruit 9 847 Soliloquy lamenting her tranfgreffion 9 896 Refolves to die with her Speech to her thereon Eats the forbidden fruit Incites her to carnal fruition (the firft effect of it) · first} The place, &c. defcribed. After Speech to her on their fall and 9 nakednes 1067 Another, charging her as the aggreffor 9 1132 Reply to her anfwer (recriminates her Reflection on the immortality of the foul, &c. 10 A a 3 { 746 10 771 |