The querd also, and enslavd by Warr
Shall with thir freedom lost all vertu loose
And fear of God, from whom thir pietie feignd
In sharp test of Battel found no aide [ 800 ]
Against invaders; therefore coold in zeale
Theh shall practice how to live secure,
Worldlie or dissolute, on what thir Lords
Shall leave them to enjoy; for th Earth shall bear
More then anough, that temperance may be trid: [ 805 ]
So all shall turn degee, all depravd,
Justid Temperaruth and Faith fot;
One Man except, the onely Son of light
In a dark Age, against example good,
Against allurement, , and a World [ 810 ]
Offended; fearless of reproad s,
Or violence, hee of wicked wayes
Shall them admonish, and before them set
The paths hteousness, how much more safe,
And full of peace, denoung wrauth to e [ 815 ]
On thir impenitence; and shall returne
Of them derided, but of God observd
The one just Man alive; by his and
Shall build a wondrous Ark, as thou beheldst,
To save himself and houshold from amidst [ 820 ]
A World devote to universal rack.
No sooner hee with them of Man a
Select for life shall in the Ark be lodgd,
And shelterd round, but all the Cataracts
Of Heav open on the Earth shall powre [ 825 ]
Raine day and night, all fountains of the Deep
Broke up, shall heave the O to usurp
Beyond all bounds, till inundation rise
Above the highest Hills: then shall this Mount
Of Paradise by might of Waves be moovd [ 830 ]
Out of his place, pushd by the horned floud,
With all his verdure spoild, and Trees adrift
Down the great River to the opning Gulf,
And there take root an Iland salt and bare,
The haunt of Seales and Orcs, and Sea-mews g. [ 835 ]
To teach thee that God attributes to place
No sanctitie, if nohither brought
By Men who there frequent, or therein dwell.
And now what further shall ensue, behold.