Pandemonium, (or the court of hell,) its sudden rise to an exhalation, i. 710. Paradise, the air of it-to the efflu- via from Arabia Felix, at sea, iv. 159; itself to the field of Enna (in Sicily,) 268; to the grove of Daphne, &c. (in Thessaly,) 272; to the isle of Nysa, (where Bacchus was brought up,) 275; to mount Amara (in Ethiopia), 280; to the gardens of Adonis, ix. 439; of Alcinous, 440; of Solomon, 442. Raphael, his view of the world in his descent from heaven to Para- dise-to that of the moon through an optic glass, v. 261; of Delos or Samos from the Cyclades (isles), v, 264; himself to a phoenix, 271; to Mercury, 285. Satan to Briareus, Typhon, and the Leviathan, i. 199, 201; to the sun rising in a mist, 594; in eclipse, 596; to the longest train of a comet, ii. 707; to mount Tene- riff or Atlas, iv. 985; his shield- to the moon, i. 284; his spear— to a mast, 292; his standard-to a meteor, 337; the phænomenon of his ascent to hell-gates-to a fleet in the offing, ii. 636; his and Death's frowns on each other- to two thunder clouds meeting, 714; flight to the court of Chaos -to a griffin's in the wilderness, 943; towards heaven-to (the ship) Argo through the Thracian Bosphorus, i. 1016; to Ulysses' voyage between Scylla and Cha- rybdis, ii. 1019; arrival at light, &c. to a weather-beaten vessel towards port, 1043; on the con- vex of the world's outermost orb -to a vulture seeking his prey, iii. 431; first view of the world- to a scout's casual prospect (after a dangerous journey) of a new country or city, 543; of the stars' orbs to the Hesperian gardens, &c. 568; appearance in the sun's
orb-to a spot in it differing from all astronomical observations, 688; meditation on his intended at- tempt on the world-to a gun recoiling, iv. 14; in Paradise-to a wolf preying on a fold, 183; to a thief breaking in at a house top,&c. 188; to a tiger in view of a brace of fawns, 403; detected by Ithu- riel there to gunpowder taking fire, 814; reprehended by Zephon -to a steed reined, in a fret, 857; his army against the celes- tials in number-to the stars, v. 745; to the dew drops, 746; their applause of his reply to Abdiel— to the sound of deep waters, vi. 872; himself recoiling on a blow received from Michael to a mountain sinking by an earth- quake, 193; his combat with Michael-to two planets (the frame of nature, supposed, dis- solved) rushing in opposition to each other, 310; view (in the serpent) of Paradise and Eve there to a citizen's taking the air in the country from his home confinement, ix. 445; shape (trans- formed to a serpent) on his return to hell after the temptation-to the serpent Python, x. 529; his tempting Eve-alluded to by the story of Ophion and Eurynome, 578.
Serpent, that entered by Satan- to those Hermione and Cadmus were transformed to, ix. 504; to that assumed by Esculapius, 506; to those by Jupiter Ammon and Capitolinus, 508; his motion, wreathings, &c.—to the working of a ship in shifting winds, &c. 513; his crest (preceding Eve to the forbidden tree)-to an exhalation flaming (Will i'th'wisp), 634; his address introducing the temptation-to that of an orator of the Athenian or Roman com- monwealths, 670.
Sin, her middle parts-to the (sup- posed) dogs of Scylla, ii. 659; of the night hag, 662. Spears-to ears of corn ripe for reaping, iv. 980.
Stars, their orbs-to the Hesperian gardens, &c. iii. 568. Sun, his course turned at Adam's, &c. eating the forbidden fruit— as at the banquet of Thyestes, x. 688.
Uriel, his descent from the sun on Paradise-to a shooting star, iv. 555.
Waters, their flux into seas, &c. on the creation--to drops on dust, vii. 290; to armies forming them- selves on sound of trumpet, 294.
Sin and Death. (Vide Death and Sin.)
Sin described, ii. 650; her speech
to Satan, and Death, at hell gates, 727; reply to Satan, 747; her birth, 752; reply to his answer, 850; opens hell gates to him, 871; speech to Death on Adam's fall, x. 235; to Satan, (meeting him returning to hell,) on her and Death's journey to the world after it, 354; to Death on their arrival at Paradise, 591; reply to Death's answer, 602. (Vide Si- miles.)
Sin, original, lust carnal the first effect of it, ix. 1011; its solace, 1042.
Slavery, original of it the inordi- nancy of the passions, xii. 86; the justice of it, as consequential on deviating from virtue, &c. 97. Soul, its faculties, v. 100; its im- mortality discussed, x. 782. Spirits, their essence, and power, i. 423, 789; their invisible existence on earth, iv. 677; the elect, their hymn to God the Father, and Son, iii. 372; material, &c. facul- ties in spirits, v. 404, 433; vital, animal, and material spirits pro-
gressive from material nutrition, v. 482; their existence in life, in- tellect, shape, &c. defined, vi. 344. Spring perpetual within the tropics, but for Adam's fall, x. 678. Stars, their places, appearances, &c. iii. 565; fed by the air, v. 417; part of the fourth day's creation, vii. 357; receive their light from the sun, 364. (Vide Similes.) Stars, and moon, their courses, in- fluences, &c. iv. 661.
Storms, &c. an effect of Adam's fall, xi. 695.
Styx, a river of hell, ii. 577. Sun, its appearance, place, and power, iii. 571; brightness de- scribed, 591; orb fed by exhala- tions from the grosser, v. 423; part of the fourth day's creation, vii. 354; the fountain of light, 364; setting described, iv. 352, 539, 590; viii. 630; x. 92; its annual course, producing intense heat and cold, an effect of Adam's fall, 651; its oblique motion from the equinoctial, from the same cause, 671. (Vide Similes.)
Teachers (false) of the Christian religion described, xii. 508. Temperance, the effect of it long life, xi. 530.
Thammuz or Adonis, (a fallen angel,) i. 446.
Thunder, an effect of Adam's fall, x. 666.
Time, respecting eternity, defined, v. 580.
Titan, (a fallen angel,) i. 510. Tradition censured, xii. 511. Tree of Life. (Vide Life.) Of know- ledge. (Vide Knowledge.) Truth, suffering for it, fortitude, &c. xii. 569.
Tyranny, Nimrod's, described and censured, xii. 24; origin of it,
the inordinancy of the pas- sions, 86; no excuse of the tyrant, (though just in consequence of the subject,) 95. Tyrants, their plea for conquest, &c. compared with Satan's first attempt on man, iv. 390. Twilight described, iv. 598.
Vacuity, God's omnipresence an argument against it, vii. 168. Valour, (or heroic virtue,) the com- mon notion of it censured, xi. 688.
Virtue, &c. with loss of freedom degenerates, xi. 797; reason, and virtue, the same, xii. 98. Union conjugal. (Vide Conjugal union.)
Uriel, (the angel of the sun,) iii. 622; his answer to Satan, 694; directs him to the world, 724; and Paradise, 733; descends thi- ther himself, and informs Gabriel of Satan's predescent, iv. 555, 561; encounters Adramelec, (a fallen angel,) wounds, and puts him to flight, vi. 363. (Vide Similes.)
Uzziel, (a guardian angel of Para- dise,) iv. 782.
War, property the original of it, xi. 638; the corruptions of peace equal to its wastes, 783. Waters separated from the earth, part of the third day's creation, vii. 282. (Vide Similes.) Wife, her duty in danger, distress, &c. ix. 267; xi. 290.
Wind, the tempestuous power of it, an effect of Adam's fall, x. 66i, 695.
Wisdom, the sum of it, the love, &c. of God, xii. 575.
Wolves, (or false teachers,) the apostles' successors, described, xii. 507. Woman, conjugal obedience her happiness, &c. iv. 635; man's love towards her, how consistent with his superiority, viii. 567; two of her loveliest qualities, ix. 232; the effect of leaving her to her own will, 1182; his superi- ority over her given him by God, x. 145, 195; a novelty, defect of nature, &c. (sarcastically) 888; the advantage of her social over her artificial accomplishments, xi. 614; every way the cause of man's misery, (sarcastically,) 632. Works, with faith in Christ, eternal life, xii. 420.
World, the convex of its outermost orb described, iii. 418; by whom possessed, (sarcastically,) 444, 463; the creation of the world, com- mitted by God the Father to God the Son, vii. 163; described, 218; situation of it, respecting heaven and hell, x. 320. (Vide Earth.)
Zephon, (a guardian angel of Para- dise,) iv. 788; reprehends Satan's first attempt on Eve there, 823; reply to his answer, 834. Zophiel, (a cherub,) vi. 535; alarms the celestial army, on the ap- proach of Satan's to renew the battle, 537.
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