【】ifnotofbread
tothuschael.justlythouabhorrest
thatson,en
suchtroublebrought,affegtosubdue
rationalliberty;yetknohal,
sihyinallapse,trueliberty
islost,hrightreasondwells
paradiselost
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therhathnodividualbeing:
reasoninnobscured,ootobeyed,
iediatelyinordinatedesires,
andupstartpassio
froeason;andtoservitudereduce
n,tilltheherefore,sis
selfunhypn
overfreereason,god,injudgentjust,
subjectshiroouttoviolentlords;
asundeservedlyenthrall
hisout:tyrannystbe;
thoughtothetyranttherebynoexcuse.
yetsotisnationslinesolow
froirtue,hatn,
butjustidsofatalcurseannexed,
deprivestheftheirouty;
theiriheirreverentson
ofhi
doohisfather,heardthisheavycurse,
servantofservants,onhisvie.
thuserworld,
stilltendfroadtoillgodatlast,
heiriniquities,hdraw
hispresenongthea
hisholyeyes;resolvingfroheh
toleavetheotheiroedways;
andonepeculiaatio
frolltherest,oftobeinvoked,
anationfrohfulnt:
paradiselost
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hinthissideeuphratesyetresiding,
bredupinidolen
stthoubelieveshouldbesostupidgrown,
thepatriarchlived,heflood,
astoforsakethelivinggod,andfall
toheiroone
fodsyethiodthesthighvouchsafes
tohisfathershouse,
hiskindred,andfalsegods,intoaland
hiillraise
aghtynation;anduponhihower
hisbeionso,thatinhisseed
allnationsshallbeblest:hestraightobeys;
notknobelieves:
iseehibutthoustnot,hfaith
heleaveshisgods,hisfriends,andnativesoil,
urofchaldaea,passingnoheford
toharan;afterhicuroustrain
ofherdsandflocks,andnurousservitude;
nottrustingallhish
hgod,,inalandunknown.
aaains;iseehistents
pit,andtheneighbplain
ofreh;therebyprosehereceives
gifttohisprogenyofallthatland,
froathnorthothedesartsouth;
thingsbytheiasied;
froerothegreatese
unthern,yonderseeaebehold
paradiselost
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inprospe;ontheshore
unt,
jordan,trueliteasthissons
shalldosenir,thatleofhills.
thispohatallnationsoftheearth
shallinhisseedbeblessed:bythatseed
isantthygreatdeliverer,whoshallbruise
theserpentshead;otheeanon
plainliershallberevealed.thispatriarchblest,
faithfulabrahauetishallcall,
ason,andofhissonagrandchild,leaves;
likehinfaith,in,andrenown:
thegrandchild,hts