Save by entire fubmiffion to the Lord:
And this for many days he will disdain,
As hitherto he has for ever done,
Choosing to fuffer lafting mifery,
Rather than to the Son of God fubmit.

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"And study of revenge, immortal hate, "And courage never to fubmit or yield. "And what is elfe not to be overcome? "That glory never shall his wrath or might "Extort from me, to bow and fue for grace "With fuppliant knee, and deify his pow'r. "To reign is worth ambition though in hell; "Better to reign in hell than ferve in Heav'n. "Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell; "And in the lowest deep a lower deep, "Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide, "To which the hell I fuffer feems an Heav'n.. "O then at laft relent; is there no place "Left for repentance, none for pardon left? "None left but by fubmiffion; and that word "Difdain forbids me, and my dread of thame 205

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Among the fpir'ts beneath, whom I feduc'd

"With other promifes and other vaunts

"Than to fubmit, boafting I could fubdue
"Th' Omnipotent. Ah me, they little know

"How dearly I abide that boast so vain,
"Under what torments inwardly I groan,

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"While they adore me on the throne of hell.
"With diadem and fcepter high advanc'd
"The lower ftill I fall, only fupreme

"In mifery, fuch joy ambition finds.

"But fay I could repent, and could obtain

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"By acts of grace my former ftate; how foon "Would height recal high thoughts, how foon unfay "What feign'd fubmiffion fwore? Eafe would recant "Vows made in pain, as violent and void. "For never can true reconcilement grow "Where wounds of deadly hate have pierc'd fo deep: "Which would but lead me to a worfe relapfe,

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And heavier fall: fo fhould I purchafe dear 224 "Short intermiffion bought with double fmart. "So farewel hope, and with hope farewel fear; "Farewel remorfe; all good to me is loft: "Evil be thou my good: by thee at least "Divided empire with Heav'n's King I hold; "And over more than half, perhaps shall reign *.”

This is the native language of his heart,

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Firm are his refolutions to remain

A bold determin'd rebel to the laft.

But God who made him is as much refolv'd

That he shall bow the knee, and fealty swear

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To the great Sov'reign of the universe.

Let us now hear JEHOVAH's words and oaths.

*Milton's Paradise Loft.

I by myself have fworn, this mighty oath
Shall never be retracted, ev'ry knee
Shall bow in true fubmiffion, ev'ry tongue
Shall fwear allegiance to my fov'reign will.
And all shall come to me, and shall refign
Themselves with all their pow'rs to my controul.
And all that ever hated me fhall be

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This is the counfel of JEHOVAH's will,
Which to his chofen ones he hath reveal'd.
His own good pleafure, which he purpos'd, is,
That in the difpenfation of the times

He will all things in Heav'n and earth re-head; 250
Re-head them all in Chrift, their rightful chief,
Who is the Father's glorious image bright,

By whom all things in Heav'n and earth were made : Thrones, principalities, dominions, pow'rs,

Things vifible, and fuch as are not seen,

Were all created by his pow'rful hand,
And all intended for his fov'reign use.
He is before all things, and all exist
By his creating and upholding pow'r.
He is the head, the church his body is,
In all things he fhall have pre-eminence.
For in himself all fulness richly dwells;
According to the Father's facred will.

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He having through his blood, fhed on the cross,
Made univerfal peace for ev'ry one;

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By him fhall all things reconciled be,

All reconcil'd to God, and to himself:

All things in earth, and things in Heav'n the fame, All things terreftrial, and celeftial too,

Shall be included in the gen'ral peace.

This must include all angels and all men.
This is the will of God, and it shall stand.
Vain are the vaunts of Satan, which oppofe
This fix'd determination of the Lord.

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The prince of darkness shall at last fall down,

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Before the face of him whom we adore.

And howfoever mortifying now

The thoughts of his fubmiffion, time will come
When all his refolutions will be chang'd.

Nor will he only feign, but heartily

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Submit to JESUS, own him Lord and King,
But long and great feverities he'll bear
Before his proud and haughty temper yields,
But which at laft fhall fully humbled be:
For God has will'd it, and it cannot fail.

Satan has never felt the lake of fire,

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Nor knows as yet the pain he shall endure;

That pain fhall bring his ftrength and courage down,

And shall deftroy forevermore his hopes

Of gaining vict❜ry or advantages

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Over the bleffed Saviour, and his caufe.

Here then we'll leave him in the fi'ry lake,
Under the mighty pow'rful hand of God,

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Who knows full well with rebels how to deal:
And turn a while to mourn the num'rous hofts
Of men, who in this laft rebellion join'd.

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Wail, O my heart, to think that those who dwelt Under our Saviour's peaceful government,

Should ever be induc'd to rife in war

Against the glorious Lord, their rightful King. 300
What could poffefs them to defire a change
While they enjoy'd whatever they could with?
Strange that a fulness of delight and joy
Should discontent engender, and create
Difguft, and murm'ring, loathing, and a brood 305
Of fatal evils, which deftroy all peace!

But fuch has often been the ftate of things,
And will be till that great and glorious day,
When the Creator fhall be all in all :
And all intelligences fhall be drawn
Into a state of union with their God,

That shall prevent their ever falling more.

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Angels themselves, though happy, fell through pride,
And though they felt no want, yet difcontent
Could find its way to regions of delight.

So our first parents fell, who did enjoy

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As much, and more than heart itfelf could wifh.
And oh, alas! our nature ftill is prone
To murmur and complain, though Heav'n itself
Pours on us bleffings with most lib'ral hand!
Thofe nations that have moft, do moft complain;

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