正文 THE ARGUMENT

Mans transgression known, the Guardian Angels forsake Paradise, aurn up to Heaven to approve thir vigilance, and are approvd, God declaring that The entrance of Satan could not be by them prevented. He sends his Son to judge the Transgressors, who desds and gives Sentence accly; then in pity cloaths them both, and reasds. Sin ah sitting till then at the Gates of Hell, by wondrous sympathie feeling the success of Satan in this new World, and the sin by Man there itted, resolve to sit no longer find in Hell, but to follow Satan thir Sire up to the plaan: To make the way easier from Hell to this World to and fro, they pave a broad Highway e over Chaos, acc to the Track that Satan first made; then preparing for Earth, they meet him proud of his success returning to Hell; thir mutual gratulation. Satan arrives at Pandemonium, in full of assembly relates with boasting his success against Man; instead of applause is eained with a general hiss by all his audieransformd with himself also suddenly into Serpents, acc to his doom givn in Paradise; then deluded with a shew of the forbidden Tree springing up before them, they greedily reag to take of the Fruit, chew dust and bitter ashes. The proceedings of Sin ah; God foretels the final Victory of his Sohem, and the renewing of all things; but for the present ands his Ao make several alterations in the Heavens and Elements. Adam more and more perceiving his falln dition heavily bewailes, rejects the ent of Eve; she persists and at length appeases him: then to evade the Curse likely to fall on thir , proposes to Adam violent wayes which he approves not, but ceivier hope, puts her in mind of the late Promise made them, that her Seed should be revengd on the Serpent, and exhorts her with him to seek Peace of the offended Deity, by repentand supplication.

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