With glory and power to judge both quick, They die; but in their room, as they fure
To judge th' unfaithful dead, but to reward His faithful, and receive them into bliss, Whether in Heav'n or Earth, for then the Earth
Shall all be Paradise, far happier place Than this of Eden, and far happier days.
So spake th arch-angel Michael, then paus'd,
As at the world's great period; and our sire Replete with joy and wonder thus reply'd :
O Goodness infinite, Goodness immense! That all this good of evil shall produce And evil turn to good; more wonderful Than that which by creation first brought forth
Light out of darkness! full of doubt I stand, Whether I should repent me now of sin By me donc and occasion'd, or rejoice Much more, that much more good thereof shall spring,
To God more glory, more good-will to men From God, and over wrath grace shall abound. But say, if our Deliverer up to Heav'n Must reascend, what will betide the few His faithful, left among th' unfaithful herd, The enemies of truth? who theu shall guide His people, who defend? will they not deal Worse with his followers than with him they dealt?
Be sure they will, said th' angel; but from Heav'n
He to his own a Comforter will send, The promise of the Father, who shall dwell His Spirit within them, and the law of faith Working through love, upon their hearts shall write,
To guide them in all truth, also arm With spiritual armour, able to resist Satan's assaults, and quench his fiery darts, What man can do against them, not afraid, Though to the death, against such cruelties With inward consolations recompens'd, And oft supported so as shall amaze Their proudest persecutors: for the Spirit Pour'd first on his Apostles, whom he sends To evangelize the nations, then on all Baptiz'd, shall then with wondrous gifts in- due
To speak all tongues, and do all miracles,
As did their Lord before them. Thus they win
Great numbers of each nation to receive With joy the tidings brought from Heaven: at Tength"
Their ministry perform'd, and race well run, Their doctrine and their story written left,
Wolves shall succeed for teachers, grievous
Who all the sacred mysteries of Heav'n To their own vile advantages shall turn Of lucre and ambition, and the truth With superstitions and traditions taint, Left only in those written records pure, Though not but by the Spirit understood. Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names,
Places, and titles, and with these to join Secular power; though feigning still to act By spiritual, to themselves appropriating The Spirit of God, promis'd alike and given To all believers; and from that pretence, Spiritual laws by carnal power shall force On every conscience; laws which none shall find
Left them inroll'd, or what the Spirit within Shall on the heart engrave. What will they
But force the Spirit of Grace itself, and bind His consort Liberty? What, but unbuild His living temples, built by faith to stand, Their own faith not anothers? for on earth Who against faith and conscience can be heard
Infallible yet many will presume: Whence heavy persecution shall arise On all who in the worship persevere Of spirit and truth; the rest, far greater part, Will deem in outward rites and specious forms
Religion satisfy'd; Truth shall retire Bestuck with sland'rous darts, and works of faith
Rarely be found: so shall the world go on, To good malignant, to bad men bewign, Under her own weight groaning, till the day Appear of respiration to the just, And vengeance to the wicked, at return Of him so lately promis'd to thy aid The Woman's Seed, obscurely then foretold, Now amplier known thy Saviour and thy
Last in the clouds from Heav'n to be reveal'd In glory of the Father, to dissolve
Satan with his perverted world, then raise From the conflagraut mass, purg'd and re
New Heavens, new Earth, ages of endless date,
Founded in righteousness and peace, and
To bring forth fruits, joy and eternal bliss. He ended; and thus Adam last reply'd;
How soon hath thy prediction, Seer blest, Measur'd this transient world, the race of time,
Till time stand fix'd? beyond is all abyss, Eternity, whose end no eye can reach. Greatly instructed I shall hence depart, Greatly in peace of thought, and have my
Of knowledge, what this vessel can contain:
Beyond which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth learn, that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things decin'd weak
Subverting worldly strong, and worldly wise By simply meck; that suffering for truth's
Is fortitude to highest victory,
And to the faithful death the gate of life, Tanght this by his example whom I now Acknowlege my Redeemer ever blest.
To whom thus also th' Angel last reply'd : This having learu'd, thou hast attain'd the
Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the
Let her with thee partake what thou hast heard,
Chiefly what may concern her faith to know, The great deliverance by her seed to come (For by the Woman's seed) on all mankind z That ye may live, which will be many days, Both in one faith unanimous thongh sad, With cause for evils past, yet much more With meditation on the happy end.
He ended, and they both descend the hill; Descended, Adam to the bow'r where Eve Lay sleeping ran before, but found her wak'd;
And thus with words not sad she him receiv'd:
Whence thou return'st, and whither weat
For God is also in sleep, and dreams advise, Which he hath sent propitious, some great good
Presaging, since with sorrow and heart's dis
Wearied I fell asleep: t now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go bence unwilling; thon to me Art all things under Reav'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,
Thou knew'st by name, and all th' ethereal By me the promis'd Seed shall all restore.
So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard Well pleas'd, but aaswer'd not; for now two
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 round fast at the lab'rer's heel Homeward returning. High in front advanci The brandish'd sword of God before them blaz'd
Fierce as a comet; which with torrid heat, And vapour as the Libyan 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' eastery
Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain; then disappear'd. They looking back, all th' eastern side be- held
Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Way'd over by that flaming brand, the gate
London: Printed by and for J. BELL, Southampton-street, Strand.
Sketch of the Character of Mr. Windhath, 7' Solution of a curious Arithmetical Problem, 16 Story of a Horse, 83
The Revenge; a moral tale, 85
Visit to a Nunnery; or the history of Donna Maria de S8, 240
FASHIONS
FOR FEBRUARY, 1810
A description of several Dresses worn by Ladirs of distinction, ib. Parisian Fashions, ib.
Ladies Dress on her Majesty's Birth-day, 48
Hyde-Park Walking Dress, 97 Evening Full Dresses, ib.
A description of several Dresses worn by Ladies of distinction, ib.
Evening Dresses, 145 Parisian Fashions, ib.
A description of several Dresses worn by Ladies of rank and fashion, ib.
Curious adventure of George Bruce, with inter- esting particulars of the Island of New Zea- land, 228 and interesting facts relative to British Evening Shawl Dress, 197 Plants, by Dr. Thornton, 233
- anecdote of Henrietta, Duchess of Or- leans, 244 Extracts from the "Lower World," a Poem by Mr. Pratt, 271
from the "Rival Princes," by Mis.
Clarke, 282 History of the Oldcastle Family, 9, 67, 122, 169, 217, 266
of Joseph and Aseneth, 225 Hymenæa in search of a Husband, 4, 60, 116, 164, 212, 262
Matrimonial invitation, 291
Maxims for the conduct of Life; selected from
the works of Sir Mathew Hale, 24, 136 Modern Prophets, 273
Mysterious Guests, 140
Magic Whip, 79
Maid of the Inn; or the Golden Fleece, 38 Observations on Wills, 32
Persian Letters from Muley Cid Sadi, one of the
Secretaries of his Excellency the Persian Am- bassador in London, to Osman Cali Beg, his friend at Ispahan, 6, 65, 119, 167, 212, 265 Power of Faith, 237, 288
Philosophy of Heraldry and Genealogy, 274 Remarkable discovery of murder, 225
Secret Tribunal of the Soap-boiler of Messina, 191
A description of several Dresses worn by Ladies of rank and fashion, 197
Evening Dress, 245] Walking Dress, ib.
Evening and Morning Dresses, 293
A description of several Dresses worn by Ladies of rank and fashion, ib.
General Observations and Reflections on Fashion and Dress, 42, 98, 146, 198, 245, 294
Sudden Arrivals, or Too Busy by Half, 46 Revival of Cinderella, ib.
Riches, or the Wife and Brother, 100 The Maniac, or Swiss Banditti, 147
ROAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION.
Christ teaches to be humble, by West, 247
Select extracts from the Essays of M. Argenson, Hercules, to deliver Theseus, assails and wounds
Andromache imploring Ulysses to spare the life || Gower's-Walk Free School, ib.
of her Son, by G. Dawe, A. 248
A subject from Ossian, by Drummond, A. ib. Titania, by H. Howard, R. A. ib.
Titania, Puck, &c. by H. Thompson, R. A. 250 Death of the Earl of Argyle, by J. Northcote, R. A. ib.
Views of Lowther and Petworth, by Turner, ib. Village Choristers rehearsing a Sunday Anthem, by E. Bird, ib.
Portrait of Sir P. Francis, by J. Londsdale, 298 Faitrait of the Marquis of Downshire, by the same artist, ih
Fortrait of A. Yates, Esq. by the same artist, ib. group of Portraits of the Buring family, by T. Lawrence, 209
Discovery of a substitute for gold, 149
Preservation of vegetables for distillation by salt- ing, ib.
Discovery of the ancient city of Dscherrasch, ib. The only lump of native platina, ib Opening of the British Institution, i5. Singular instance of intrepidity, 150
Astonishing preservation of Mr. Kelso, ib. Particulars of the late carthquake at the Cape of Good Hope, ib.
INCIDENTS NEAR LONDON. Extraordinary suicides, 48 Alarming fire in Long Acre, 104 Elopement of Miss Elwes, ib.
Breach of prouitse of marriage, Mills . Flower,
The resistance of Sir Francis Burdett to the ware rant of the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the escording the Baronet to the Tower,
Extraordinary robbery, 253
Mysterious attack on the Duke of Cumberland,
Interesting mariages and deaths, 50, 105, 154, 204, 254
PROVINCIALS.
Whimsical English custom, 51
Singular advertisement for a wife, ib.
Shocking accident at the Old Church, Liverpool 107
Lamentable shipwreck, 110
Carious circumstanhe, the effect of confirming 4- species of superstition, 112
Ingenious machine for thrashing corn, invented - by a watchmaker, 159 Barbarous murder, 254 Sale of a wife, ib.
BEAUTIES OF THE BRITISH POETS. Milton's Paradise Lost.
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