,paradise ,regained by ,john ,milton ,contents ,,the ,,first ,,book ,,the ,,second ,,book ,,the ,,third ,,book ,,the ,,fourth ,,book ,,the ,,first ,,book ,i1 who erewhile the happy ,garden sung ,by one man's disobedience lost1 now sing ,recovered ,paradise to all mankind1 ,by one man's firm obedience fully tried ,through all temptation1 and the ,tempter foiled ,in all his wiles1 defeated and repulsed1 ,and ,eden raised in the waste ,wilderness4 ,thou ,spirit1 who led'st this glorious ,eremite ,into the desert1 his victorious field ,against the spiritual foe1 and brought'st him thence #aj ,by proof the undoubted ,son of ,god1 inspire1 ,as thou art wont1 my prompted song1 else mute1 ,and bear through highth or depth of ,nature's bounds1 ,with prosperous wing full summed1 to tell of deeds ,above heroic1 though in secret done1 ,and unrecorded left through many an age3 ,worthy to have not remained so long unsung4 ,now had the great ,proclaimer1 with a voice ,more awful than the sound of trumpet1 cried ,repentance1 and ,heaven's kingdom nigh at hand #bj ,to all baptized4 ,to his great baptism flocked ,with awe the regions round1 and with them came ,from ,nazareth the son of ,joseph deemed ,to the flood ,jordan--came as then obscure1 ,unmarked1 unknown4 ,but him the ,baptist soon ,descried1 divinely warned1 and witness bore ,as to his worthier1 and would have resigned ,to him his heavenly office4 ,nor was long ,his witness unconfirmed3 on him baptized ,heaven opened1 and in likeness of a ,dove #cj ,the ,spirit descended1 while the ,father's voice ,from ,heaven pronounced him his beloved ,son4 ,that heard the ,adversary1 who1 roving still ,about the world1 at that assembly famed ,would not be last1 and1 with the voice divine ,nigh thunder-struck1 the exalted man to whom ,such high attest was given a while surveyed ,with wonder2 then1 with envy fraught and rage1 ,flies to his place1 nor rests1 but in mid air ,to council summons all his mighty ,peers1 #dj ,within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved1 ,a gloomy consistory2 and them amidst1 ,with looks aghast and sad1 he thus bespake3-- 8,o ancient ,powers of ,air and this wide ,world 7,for much more willingly ,i mention ,air1 ,this our old conquest1 than remember ,hell1 ,our hated habitation71 well ye know ,how many ages1 as the years of men1 ,this ,universe we have possessed1 and ruled ,in manner at our will the affairs of ,earth1 #ej ,since ,adam and his facile consort ,eve ,lost ,paradise1 deceived by me1 though since ,with dread attending when that fatal wound ,shall be inflicted by the seed of ,eve ,upon my head4 ,long the decrees of ,heaven ,delay1 for longest time to ,him is short2 ,and now1 too soon for us1 the circling hours ,this dreaded time have compassed1 wherein we ,must bide the stroke of that long-threatened wound 7,at least1 if so we can1 and by the head #fj ,broken be not intended all our power ,to be infringed1 our freedom and our being ,in this fair empire won of ,earth and ,air7-- ,for this ill news ,i bring3 ,the ,woman's ,seed1 ,destined to this1 is late of woman born4 ,his birth to our just fear gave no small cause2 ,but his growth now to youth's full flower1 displaying ,all virtue1 grace and wisdom to achieve ,things highest1 greatest1 multiplies my fear4 ,before him a great ,prophet1 to proclaim #gj ,his coming1 is sent harbinger1 who all ,invites1 and in the consecrated stream ,pretends to wash off sin1 and fit them so ,purified to receive him pure1 or rather ,to do him honour as their ,king4 ,all come1 ,and he himself among them was baptized-- ,not thence to be more pure1 but to receive ,the testimony of ,heaven1 that who he is ,thenceforth the nations may not doubt4 ,i saw ,the ,prophet do him reverence2 on him1 rising #hj ,out of the water1 ,heaven above the clouds ,unfold her crystal doors2 thence on his head ,a perfet ,dove descend 7whate'er it meant72 ,and out of ,heaven the sovraign voice ,i heard1 #8,this is my ,son beloved1--in him am pleased4' ,his mother1 than1 is mortal1 but his ,sire ,he who obtains the monarchy of ,heaven2 ,and what will ,he not do to advance his ,son8 ,his first-begot we know1 and sore have felt1 ,when his fierce thunder drove us to the ,deep2 #ij ,who this is we must learn1 for ,man he seems ,in all his lineaments1 though in his face ,the glimpses of his ,father's glory shine4 ,ye see our danger on the utmost edge ,of hazard1 which admits no long debate1 ,but must with something sudden be opposed 7,not force1 but well-couched fraud1 well-woven snares71 ,ere in the head of nations he appear1 ,their king1 their leader1 and supreme on ,earth4 ,i1 when no other durst1 sole undertook #ajj ,the dismal expedition to find out ,and ruin ,adam1 and the exploit performed ,successfully3 a calmer voyage now ,will waft me2 and the way found prosperous once ,induces best to hope of like success40 ,he ended1 and his words impression left ,of much amazement to the infernal crew1 ,distracted and surprised with deep dismay ,at these sad tidings4 ,but no time was then ,for long indulgence to their fears or grief3 #aaj ,unanimous they all commit the care ,and management of this man enterprise ,to him1 their great ,dictator1 whose attempt ,at first against mankind so well had thrived ,in ,adam's overthrow1 and led their march ,from ,hell's deep-vaulted den to dwell in light1 ,regents1 and potentates1 and kings1 yea gods1 ,of many a pleasant realm and province wide4 ,so to the coast of ,jordan he directs ,his easy steps1 girded with snaky wiles1 #abj ,where he might likeliest find this new-declared1 ,this man of men1 attested ,son of ,god1 ,temptation and all guile on him to try-- ,so to subvert whom he suspected raised ,to end his reign on ,earth so long enjoyed3 ,but1 contrary1 unweeting he fulfilled ,the purposed counsel1 pre-ordained and fixed1 ,of the ,most ,high1 who1 in full frequence bright ,of ,angels1 thus to ,gabriel smiling spake3-- 8,gabriel1 this day1 by proof1 thou shalt behold1 #acj ,thou and all ,angels conversant on ,earth ,with ,man or men's affairs1 how ,i begin ,to verify that solemn message late1 ,on which ,i sent thee to the ,virgin pure ,in ,galilee1 that she should bear a son1 ,great in renown1 and called the ,son of ,god4 ,then told'st her1 doubting how these things could be ,to her a virgin1 that on her should come ,the ,holy ,ghost1 and the power of the ,highest ,o'ershadow her4 ,this ,man1 born and now upgrown1 #adj ,to shew him worthy of his birth divine ,and high prediction1 henceforth ,i expose ,to ,satan2 let him tempt1 and now assay ,his utmost subtlety1 because he boasts ,and vaunts of his great cunning to the throng ,of his ,apostasy4 ,he might have learnt ,less overweening1 since he failed in ,job1 ,whose constant perseverance overcame ,whate'er his cruel malice could invent4 ,he now shall know ,i can produce a man1 #aej ,of female seed1 far abler to resist ,all his solicitations1 and at length ,all his vast force1 and drive him back to ,hell-- ,winning by conquest what the first man lost ,by fallacy surprised4 ,but first ,i mean ,to exercise him in the ,wilderness2 ,there he shall first lay down the rudiments ,of his great warfare1 ere ,i send him forth ,to conquer ,sin and ,death1 the two grand foes4 ,by humiliation and strong sufferance #afj ,his weakness shall o'ercome ,satanic strength1 ,and all the world1 and mass of sinful flesh2 ,that all the ,angels and thereal ,powers-- ,they now1 and men hereafter--may discern ,from what consummate virtue ,i have chose ,this perfet man1 by merit called my ,son1 ,to earn salvation for the sons of men40 ,so spake the ,eternal ,father1 and all ,heaven ,admiring stood a space2 then into hymns ,burst forth1 and in celestial measures moved1 #agj ,circling the throne and singing1 while the hand ,sung with the voice1 and this the argument3-- 8,victory and triumph to the ,son of ,god1 ,now entering his great duel1 not of arms1 ,but to vanquish by wisdom hellish wiles6 ,the ,father knows the ,son2 therefore secure ,ventures his filial virtue1 though untried1 ,against whate'er may tempt1 whate'er seduce1 ,allure1 or terrify1 or undermine4 ,be frustrate1 all ye stratagems of ,hell1 #ahj ,and1 devilish machinations1 come to nought60 ,so they in ,heaven their odes and vigils tuned4 ,meanwhile the ,son of ,god1 who yet some days ,lodged in ,bethabara1 where ,john baptized1 ,musing and much revolving in his breast ,how best the mighty work he might begin ,of ,saviour to mankind1 and which way first ,publish his godlike office now mature1 ,one day forth walked alone1 the ,spirit leading ,and his deep thoughts1 the better to converse #aij ,with solitude1 till1 far from track of men1 ,thought following thought1 and step by step led on1 ,he entered now the bordering ,desert wild1 ,and1 with dark shades and rocks environed round1 ,his holy meditations thus pursued3-- 8,o what a multitude of thoughts at once ,awakened in me swarm1 while ,i consider ,what from within ,i feel myself1 and hear ,what from without comes often to my ears1 ,ill sorting with my present state compared6 #bjj ,when ,i was yet a child1 no childish play ,to me was pleasing2 all my mind was set ,serious to learn and know1 and thence to do1 ,what might be public good2 myself ,i thought ,born to that end1 born to promote all truth1 ,all righteous things4 ,therefore1 above my years1 ,the ,law of ,god ,i read1 and found it sweet2 ,made it my whole delight1 and in it grew ,to such perfection that1 ere yet my age ,had measured twice six years1 at our great ,feast #baj ,i went into the ,temple1 there to hear ,the teachers of our ,law1 and to propose ,what might improve my knowledge or their own1 ,and was admired by all4 ,yet this not all ,to which my spirit aspired4 ,victorious deeds ,flamed in my heart1 heroic acts--one while ,to rescue ,israel from the ,roman yoke2 ,then to subdue and quell1 o'er all the earth1 ,brute violence and proud tyrannic power1 ,till truth were freed1 and equity restored3 #bbj ,yet held it more humane1 more heavenly1 first ,by winning words to conquer willing hearts1 ,and make persuasion do the work of fear2 ,at least to try1 and teach the erring soul1 ,not wilfully misdoing1 but unware ,misled2 the stubborn only to subdue4 ,these growing thoughts my mother soon perceiving1 ,by words at times cast forth1 inly rejoiced1 ,and said to me apart1 #8,high are thy thoughts1 ,o ,son6 but nourish them1 and let them soar #bcj ,to what highth sacred virtue and true worth ,can raise them1 though above example high2 ,by matchless deeds express thy matchless ,sire4 ,for know1 thou art no son of mortal man2 ,though men esteem thee low of parentage1 ,thy ,father is the ,eternal ,king who rules ,all ,heaven and ,earth1 ,angels and sons of men4 ,a messenger from ,god foretold thy birth ,conceived in me a virgin2 he foretold ,thou shouldst be great1 and sit on ,david's throne1 #bdj ,and of thy kingdom there should be no end4 ,at thy nativity a glorious quire ,of ,angels1 in the fields of ,bethlehem1 sung ,to shepherds1 watching at their folds by night1 ,and told them the ,messiah now was born1 ,where they might see him2 and to thee they came1 ,directed to the manger where thou lay'st2 ,for in the inn was left no better room4 ,a ,star1 not seen before1 in heaven appearing1 ,guided the ,wise ,men thither from the ,east1 #bej ,to honour thee with incense1 myrrh1 and gold2 ,by whose bright course led on they found the place1 ,affirming it thy star1 new-graven in heaven1 ,by which they knew thee ,king of ,israel born4 ,just ,simeon and prophetic ,anna1 warned ,by vision1 found thee in the ,temple1 and spake1 ,before the altar and the vested priest1 ,like things of thee to all that present stood4' ,this having heart1 straight ,i again revolved ,the ,law and ,prophets1 searching what was writ #bfj ,concerning the ,messiah1 to our scribes ,known partly1 and soon found of whom they spake ,i am--this chiefly1 that my way must lie ,through many a hard assay1 even to the death1 ,ere ,i the promised kingdom can attain1 ,or work redemption for mankind1 whose sins' ,full weight must be transferred upon my head4 ,yet1 neither thus disheartened or dismayed1 ,the time prefixed ,i waited2 when behold ,the ,baptist 7of whose birth ,i oft had heard1 #bgj ,not knew by sight7 now come1 who was to come ,before ,messiah1 and his way prepare6 ,i1 as all others1 to his baptism came1 ,which ,i believed was from above2 but he ,straight knew me1 and with loudest voice proclaimed ,me him 7for it was shewn him so from ,heaven7-- ,me him whose harbinger he was2 and first ,refused on me his baptism to confer1 ,as much his greater1 and was hardly won4 ,but1 as ,i rose out of the laving stream1 #bhj ,heaven opened her eternal doors1 from whence ,the ,spirit descended on me like a ,dove2 ,and last1 the sum of all1 my ,father's voice1 ,audibly heard from ,heaven1 pronounced me his1 ,me his beloved ,son1 in whom alone ,he was well pleased3 by which ,i knew the time ,now full1 that ,i no more should live obscure1 ,but openly begin1 as best becomes ,the authority which ,i derived from ,heaven4 ,and now by some strong motion ,i am led #bij ,into this wilderness2 to what intent ,i learn not yet4 ,perhaps ,i need not know2 ,for what concerns my knowledge ,god reveals40 ,so spake our ,morning ,star1 then in his rise1 ,and1 looking round1 on every side beheld ,a pathless desert1 dusk with horrid shades4 ,the way he came1 not having marked return1 ,was difficult1 by human steps untrod2 ,and he still on was led1 but with such thoughts ,accompanied of things past and to come #cjj ,lodged in his breast as well might recommend ,such solitude before choicest society4 ,full forty days he passed--whether on hill ,sometimes1 anon in shady vale1 each night ,under the covert of some ancient oak ,or cedar to defend him from the dew1 ,or harboured in one cave1 is not revealed2 ,nor tasted human food1 nor hunger felt1 ,till those days ended2 hungered then at last ,among wild beasts4 ,they at his sight grew mild1 #caj ,nor sleeping him nor waking harmed2 his walk ,the fiery serpent fled and noxious worm2 ,the lion and fierce tiger glared aloof4 ,but now an aged man in rural weeds1 ,following1 as seemed1 the quest of some stray eye1 ,or withered sticks to gather1 which might serve ,against a winter's day1 when winds blow keen1 ,to warm him wet returned from field at eve1 ,he saw approach2 who first with curious eye ,perused him1 then with words thus uttered spake3-- #cbj 8,sir1 what ill chance hath brought thee to this place1 ,so far from path or road of men1 who pass ,in troop or caravan8 for single none ,durst ever1 who returned1 and dropt not here ,his carcass1 pined with hunger and with droughth4 ,i ask the rather1 and the more admire1 ,for that to me thou seem'st the man whom late ,our new baptizing ,prophet at the ford ,of ,jordan honoured so1 and called thee ,son ,of ,god4 ,i saw and heard1 for we sometimes #ccj ,who dwell this wild1 constrained by want1 come forth ,to town or village nigh 7nighest is far71 ,where aught we hear1 and curious are to hear1 ,what happens new2 fame also finds us out40 ,to whom the ,son of ,god3--8,who brought me hither ,will bring me hence2 no other guide ,i seek40 8,by miracle he may10 replied the swain2 8,what other way ,i see not2 for we here ,live on tough roots and stubs1 to thirst inured ,more than the camel1 and to drink go far-- #cdj ,men to much misery and hardship born4 ,but1 if thou be the ,son of ,god1 command ,that out of these hard stones be made thee bread2 ,so shalt thou save thyself1 and us relieve ,with food1 whereof we wretched seldom taste40 ,he ended1 and the ,son of ,god replied3-- 8,think'st thou such force in bread8 ,is it not written 7,for ,i discern thee other than thou seem'st71 ,man lives not by bread only1 but each word ,proceeding from the mouth of ,god1 who fed #cej ,our fathers here with manna8 ,in the ,mount ,moses was forty days1 nor eat nor drank2 ,and forty days ,eliah without food ,wandered this barren waste2 the same ,i now4 ,why dost thou1 then1 suggest to me distrust ,knowing who ,i am1 as ,i know who thou art80 ,whom thus answered the ,arch-,fiend1 now undisguised3-- 8',tis true1 ,i am that ,spirit unfortunate ,who1 leagued with millions more in rash revolt1 ,kept not my happy station1 but was driven #cfj ,with them from bliss to the bottomless ,deep-- ,yet to that hideous place not so confined ,by rigour unconniving but that oft1 ,leaving my dolorous prison1 ,i enjoy ,large liberty to round this globe of ,earth1 ,or range in the ,air2 nor from the ,heaven of ,heavens ,hath he excluded my resort sometimes4 ,i came1 among the ,sons of ,god1 when he ,gave up into my hands ,uzzean ,job1 ,to prove him1 and illustrate his high worth2 #cgj ,and1 when to all his ,angels he proposed ,to draw the proud king ,ahab into fraud1 ,that he might fall in ,ramoth1 they demurring1 ,i undertook that office1 and the tongues ,of all his flattering prophets glibbed with lies ,to his destruction1 as ,i had in charge3 ,for what he bids ,i do4 ,though ,i have lost ,much lustre of my native brightness1 lost ,to be beloved of ,god1 ,i have not lost ,to love1 at least contemplate and admire1 #chj ,what ,i see excellent in good1 or fair1 ,or virtuous2 ,i should so have lost all sense4 ,what can be then less in me than desire ,to see thee and approach thee1 whom ,i know ,declared the ,son of ,god1 to hear attent ,thy wisdom1 and behold thy godlike deeds8 ,men generally think me much a foe ,to all mankind4 ,why should ,i8 they to me ,never did wrong or violence4 ,by them ,i lost not what ,i lost2 rather by them #cij ,i gained what ,i have gained1 and with them dwell ,copartner in these regions of the ,world1 ,if not disposer--lend them oft my aid1 ,oft my advice by presages and signs1 ,and answers1 oracles1 portents1 and dreams1 ,whereby they may direct their future life4 ,envy1 they say1 excites me1 thus to gain ,companions of my misery and woe6 ,at first it may be2 but1 long since with woe ,nearer acquainted1 now ,i feel by proof #djj ,that fellowship in pain divides not smart1 ,nor lightens aught each man's peculiar load2 ,small consolation1 then1 were ,man adjoined4 ,this wounds me most 7what can it less87 that ,man1 ,man fallen1 shall be restored1 ,i never more40 ,to whom our ,saviour sternly thus replied3-- 8,deservedly thou griev'st1 composed of lies ,from the beginning1 and in lies wilt end1 ,who boast'st release from ,hell1 and leave to come ,into the ,heaven of ,heavens4 ,thou com'st1 indeed1 #daj ,as a poor miserable captive thrall ,comes to the place where he before had sat ,among the prime in splendour1 now deposed1 ,ejected1 emptied1 gazed1 unpitied1 shunned1 ,a spectacle of ruin1 or of scorn1 ,to all the host of ,heaven4 ,the happy place ,imparts to thee no happiness1 no joy-- ,rather inflames thy torment1 representing ,lost bliss1 to thee no more communicable2 ,so never more in ,hell than when in ,heaven4 #dbj ,but thou art serviceable to ,heaven's ,king6 ,wilt thou impute to obedience what thy fear ,extorts1 or pleasure to do ill excites8 ,what but thy malice moved thee to misdeem ,of righteous ,job1 then cruelly to afflict him ,with all inflictions8 but his patience won4 ,the other service was thy chosen task1 ,to be a liar in four hundred mouths2 ,for lying is thy sustenance1 thy food4 ,yet thou pretend'st to truth6 all oracles #dcj ,by thee are given1 and what confessed more true ,among the nations8 ,that hath been thy craft1 ,by mixing somewhat true to vent more lies4 ,but what have been thy answers8 what but dark1 ,ambiguous1 and with double sense deluding1 ,which they who asked have seldom understood1 ,and1 not well understood1 as good not known8 ,who ever1 by consulting at thy shrine1 ,returned the wiser1 or the more instruct ,to fly or follow what concerned him most1 #ddj ,and run not sooner to his fatal snare8 ,for ,god hath justly given the nations up ,to thy delusions2 justly1 since they fell ,idolatrous4 ,but1 when his purpose is ,among them to declare his providence1 ,to thee not known1 whence hast thou then thy truth1 ,but from him1 or his ,angels president ,in every province1 who1 themselves disdaining ,to approach thy temples1 give thee in command ,what1 to the smallest tittle1 thou shalt say #dej ,to thy adorers8 ,thou1 with trembling fear1 ,or like a fawning parasite1 obey'st2 ,then to thyself ascrib'st the truth foretold4 ,but this thy glory shall be soon retrenched2 ,no more shalt thou by oracling abuse ,the ,gentiles2 henceforth oracles are ceased1 ,and thou no more with pomp and sacrifice ,shalt be enquired at ,delphos or elsewhere-- ,at least in vain1 for they shall find thee mute4 ,god hath now sent his living ,oracle #dfj ,into the world to teach his final will1 ,and sends his ,spirit of ,truth henceforth to dwell ,in pious hearts1 an inward oracle ,to all truth requisite for men to know40 ,so spake our ,saviour2 but the subtle ,fiend1 ,though inly stung with anger and disdain1 ,dissembled1 and this answer smooth returned3-- 8,sharply thou hast insisted on rebuke1 ,and urged me hard with doings which not will1 ,but misery1 hath wrested from me4 ,where #dgj ,easily canst thou find one miserable1 ,and not inforced oft-times to part from truth1 ,if it may stand him more in stead to lie1 ,say and unsay1 feign1 flatter1 or abjure8 ,but thou art placed above me2 thou art ,lord2 ,from thee ,i can1 and must1 submiss1 endure ,cheek or reproof1 and glad to scape so quit4 ,hard are the ways of truth1 and rough to walk1 ,smooth on the tongue discoursed1 pleasing to the ear1 ,and tunable as sylvan pipe or song2 #dhj ,what wonder1 then1 if ,i delight to hear ,her dictates from thy mouth8 most men admire ,virtue who follow not her lore4 ,permit me ,to hear thee when ,i come 7since no man comes71 ,and talk at least1 though ,i despair to attain4 ,thy ,father1 who is holy1 wise1 and pure1 ,suffers the hypocrite or atheous priest ,to tread his sacred courts1 and minister ,about his altar1 handling holy things1 ,praying or vowing1 and voutsafed his voice #dij ,to ,balaam reprobate1 a prophet yet ,inspired3 disdain not such access to me40 ,to whom our ,saviour1 with unaltered brow3-- 8,thy coming hither1 though ,i know thy scope1 ,i bid not1 or forbid4 ,do as thou find'st ,permission from above2 thou canst not more40 ,he added not2 and ,satan1 bowling low ,his gray dissimulation1 disappeared1 ,into thin air diffused3 for now began ,night with her sullen wing to double-shade #ejj ,the desert2 fowls in their clay nests were couched2 ,and now wild beasts came forth the woods to roam4 ,,the ,,second ,,book ,meanwhile the new-baptized1 who yet remained ,at ,jordan with the ,baptist1 and had seen ,him whom they heard so late expressly called ,jesus ,messiah1 ,son of ,god1 declared1 ,and on that high authority had believed1 ,and with him talked1 and with him lodged--,i mean ,andrew and ,simon1 famous after known1 ,with others1 though in ,holy ,writ not named-- ,now missing him1 their joy so lately found1 ,so lately found and so abruptly gone1 #aj ,began to doubt1 and doubted many days1 ,and1 as the days increased1 increased their doubt4 ,sometimes they thought he might be only shewn1 ,and for a time caught up to ,god1 as once ,moses was in the ,mount and missing long1 ,and the great ,thisbite1 who on fiery wheels ,rode up to ,heaven1 yet once again to come4 ,therefore1 as those young prophets then with care ,sought lost ,eliah1 so in each place these ,nigh to ,bethabara--in ,jericho #bj ,the city of palms1 non1 and ,salem old1 ,machrus1 and each town or city walled ,on this side the broad lake ,genezaret1 ,or in ,pera--but returned in vain4 ,then on the bank of ,jordan1 by a creek1 ,where winds with reeds and osiers whispering play1 ,plain fishermen 7no greater men them call71 ,close in a cottage low together got1 ,their unexpected loss and plaints outbreathed3-- 8,alas1 from what high hope to what relapse #cj ,unlooked for are we fallen6 ,our eyes beheld ,messiah certainly now come1 so long ,expected of our fathers2 we have heard ,his words1 his wisdom full of grace and truth4 #8,now1 now1 for sure1 deliverance is at hand2 ,the kingdom shall to ,israel be restored3' ,thus we rejoiced1 but soon our joy is turned ,into perplexity and new amaze4 ,for whither is he gone8 what accident ,hath rapt him from us8 will he now retire #dj ,after appearance1 and again prolong ,our expectation8 ,god of ,israel1 ,send thy ,messiah forth2 the time is come4 ,behold the kings of the earth1 how they oppress ,thy ,chosen1 to what highth their power unjust ,they have exalted1 and behind them cast ,all fear of ,thee2 arise1 and vindicate ,thy glory2 free thy people from their yoke6 ,but let us wait2 thus far ,he hath performed-- ,sent his ,anointed1 and to us revealed him #ej ,by his great ,prophet pointed at and shown ,in public1 and with him we have conversed4 ,let us be glad of this1 and all our fears ,lay on his providence2 ,he will not fail1 ,nor will withdraw him now1 nor will recall-- ,mock us with his blest sight1 then snatch him hence3 ,soon we shall see our hope1 our joy1 return40 ,thus they out of their plaints new hope resume ,to find whom at the first they found unsought4 ,but to his mother ,mary1 when she saw #fj ,others returned from baptism1 not her ,son1 ,nor left at ,jordan tidings of him none1 ,within her breast though calm1 her breast though pure1 ,motherly cares and fears got head1 and raised ,some troubled thoughts1 which she in sighs thus clad3-- 8,oh1 what avails me now that honour high1 ,to have conceived of ,god1 or that salute1 #8,hail1 highly favoured1 among women blest6' ,while ,i to sorrows am no less advanced1 ,and fears as eminent above the lot #gj ,of other women1 by the birth ,i bore3 ,in such a season born1 when scarce a shed ,could be obtained to shelter him or me ,from the bleak air8 ,a stable was our warmth1 ,a manger his2 yet soon enforced to fly ,thence into ,egypt1 till the murderous king ,were dead1 who sought his life1 and1 missing1 filled ,with infant blood the streets of ,bethlehem4 ,from ,egypt home returned1 in ,nazareth ,hath been our dwelling many years2 his life #hj ,private1 unactive1 calm1 contemplative1 ,little suspicious to any king4 ,but now1 ,full grown to man1 acknowledged1 as ,i hear1 ,by ,john the ,baptist1 and in public shewn1 ,son owned from ,heaven by his ,father's voice1 ,i looked for some great change4 ,to honour8 no2 ,but trouble1 as old ,simeon plain foretold1 ,that to the fall and rising he should be ,of many in ,israel1 and to a sign ,spoken against--that through my very soul #ij ,a sword shall pierce4 ,this is my favoured lot1 ,my exaltation to afflictions high6 ,afflicted ,i may be1 it seems1 and blest6 ,i will not argue that1 nor will repine4 ,but where delays he now8 ,some great intent ,conceals him4 ,when twelve years he scarce had seen1 ,i lost him1 but so found as well ,i saw ,he could not lose himself1 but went about ,his ,father's business4 ,what he meant ,i mused-- ,since understand2 much more his absence now #ajj ,thus long to some great purpose he obscures4 ,but ,i to wait with patience am inured2 ,my heart hath been a storehouse long of things ,and sayings laid up1 pretending strange events40 ,thus ,mary1 pondering oft1 and oft to mind ,recalling what remarkably had passed ,since first her ,salutation heard1 with thoughts ,meekly composed awaited the fulfilling3 ,the while her ,son1 tracing the desert wild1 ,sole1 but with holiest meditations fed1 #aaj ,into himself descended1 and at once ,all his great work to come before him set-- ,how to begin1 how to accomplish best ,his end of being on ,earth1 and mission high4 ,for ,satan1 with sly preface to return1 ,had left him vacant1 and with speed was gone ,up to the middle region of thick air1 ,where all his ,potentates in council sate4 ,there1 without sign of boast1 or sign of joy1 ,solicitous and blank1 he thus began3-- #abj 8,princes1 ,heaven's ancient ,sons1 thereal ,thrones-- ,dmonian ,spirits now1 from the element ,each of his reign allotted1 rightlier called ,powers of ,fire1 ,air1 ,water1 and ,earth beneath 7,so may we hold our place and these mild seats ,without new trouble67--such an enemy ,is risen to invade us1 who no less ,threatens than our expulsion down to ,hell4 ,i1 as ,i undertook1 and with the vote ,consenting in full frequence was impowered1 #acj ,have found him1 viewed him1 tasted him2 but find ,far other labour to be undergone ,than when ,i dealt with ,adam1 first of men1 ,though ,adam by his wife's allurement fell1 ,however to this ,man inferior far-- ,if he be ,man by mother's side1 at least ,with more than human gifts from ,heaven adorned1 ,perfections absolute1 graces divine1 ,and amplitude of mind to greatest deeds4 ,therefore ,i am returned1 lest confidence #adj ,of my success with ,eve in ,paradise ,deceive ye to persuasion over-sure ,of like succeeding here4 ,i summon all ,rather to be in readiness with hand ,or counsel to assist1 lest ,i1 who erst ,thought none my equal1 now be overmatched40 ,so spake the old ,serpent1 doubting1 and from all ,with clamour was assured their utmost aid ,at his command2 when from amidst them rose ,belial1 the dissolutest ,spirit that fell1 #aej ,the sensualest1 and1 after ,asmodai1 ,the fleshliest ,incubus1 and thus advised3-- 8,set women in his eye and in his walk1 ,among daughters of men the fairest found4 ,many are in each region passing fair ,as the noon sky1 more like to goddesses ,than mortal creatures1 graceful and discreet1 ,expert in amorous arts1 enchanting tongues ,persuasive1 virgin majesty with mild ,and sweet allayed1 yet terrible to approach1 #afj ,skilled to retire1 and in retiring draw ,hearts after them tangled in amorous nets4 ,such object hath the power to soften and tame ,severest temper1 smooth the rugged'st brow1 ,enerve1 and with voluptuous hope dissolve1 ,draw out with credulous desire1 and lead ,at will the manliest1 resolutest breast1 ,as the magnetic hardest iron draws4 ,women1 when nothing else1 beguiled the heart ,of wisest ,solomon1 and made him build1 #agj ,and made him bow1 to the gods of his wives40 ,to whom quick answer ,satan thus returned3-- 8,belial1 in much uneven scale thou weigh'st ,all others by thyself4 ,because of old ,thou thyself doat'st on womankind1 admiring ,their shape1 their colour1 and attractive grace1 ,none are1 thou think'st1 but taken with such toys4 ,before the ,flood1 thou1 with thy lusty crew1 ,false titled ,sons of ,god1 roaming the ,earth1 ,cast wanton eyes on the daughters of men1 #ahj ,and coupled with them1 and begot a race4 ,have we not seen1 or by relation heard1 ,in courts and regal chambers how thou lurk'st1 ,in wood or grove1 by mossy fountain-side1 ,in valley or green meadow1 to waylay ,some beauty rare1 ,calisto1 ,clymene1 ,daphne1 or ,semele1 ,antiopa1 ,or ,amymone1 ,syrinx1 many more ,too long--then lay'st thy scapes on names adored1 ,apollo1 ,neptune1 ,jupiter1 or ,pan1 #aij ,satyr1 or ,faun1 or ,silvan8 ,but these haunts ,delight not all4 ,among the sons of men ,how many have with a smile made small account ,of beauty and her lures1 easily scorned ,all her assaults1 on worthier things intent6 ,remember that ,pellean conqueror1 ,a youth1 how all the beauties of the ,east ,he slightly viewed1 and slightly overpassed2 ,how he surnamed of ,africa dismissed1 ,in his prime youth1 the fair ,iberian maid4 #bjj ,for ,solomon1 he lived at ease1 and1 full ,of honour1 wealth1 high fare1 aimed not beyond ,higher design than to enjoy his state2 ,thence to the bait of women lay exposed4 ,but he whom we attempt is wiser far ,than ,solomon1 of more exalted mind1 ,made and set wholly on the accomplishment ,of greatest things4 ,what woman will you find1 ,though of this age the wonder and the fame1 ,on whom his leisure will voutsafe an eye #baj ,of fond desire8 ,or should she1 confident1 ,as sitting queen adored on ,beauty's throne1 ,descend with all her winning charms begirt ,to enamour1 as the zone of ,venus once ,wrought that effect on ,jove 7so fables tell71 ,how would one look from his majestic brow1 ,seated as on the top of ,virtue's hill1 ,discountenance her despised1 and put to rout ,all her array1 her female pride deject1 ,or turn to reverent awe6 ,for ,beauty stands #bbj ,in the admiration only of weak minds ,led captive2 cease to admire1 and all her plumes ,fall flat1 and shrink into a trivial toy1 ,at every sudden slighting quite abashed4 ,therefore with manlier objects we must try ,his constancy--with such as have more shew ,of worth1 of honour1 glory1 and popular praise 7,rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wrecked72 ,or that which only seems to satisfy ,lawful desires of nature1 not beyond4 #bcj ,and now ,i know he hungers1 where no food ,is to be found1 in the wide ,wilderness3 ,the rest commit to me2 ,i shall let pass ,no advantage1 and his strength as oft assay40 ,he ceased1 and heard their grant in loud acclaim2 ,then forthwith to him takes a chosen band ,of ,spirits likest to himself in guile1 ,to be at hand and at his beck appear1 ,if cause were to unfold some active scene ,of various persons1 each to know his part2 #bdj ,then to the desert takes with these his flight1 ,where still1 from shade to shade1 the ,son of ,god1 ,after forty days' fasting1 had remained1 ,now hungering first1 and to himself thus said3-- 8,where will this end8 ,four times ten days ,i have passed ,wandering this woody maze1 and human food ,nor tasted1 nor had appetite4 ,that fast ,to virtue ,i impute not1 or count part ,of what ,i suffer here4 ,if nature need not1 ,or ,god support nature without repast1 #bej ,though needing1 what praise is it to endure8 ,but now ,i feel ,i hunger2 which declares ,nature hath need of what she asks4 ,yet ,god ,can satisfy that need some other way1 ,though hunger still remain4 ,so it remain ,without this body's wasting1 ,i content me1 ,and from the sting of famine fear no harm2 ,nor mind it1 fed with better thoughts1 that feed ,me hungering more to do my ,father's will40 ,it was the hour of night1 when thus the ,son #bfj ,communed in silent walk1 then laid him down ,under the hospitable covert nigh ,of trees thick interwoven4 ,there he slept1 ,and dreamed1 as appetite is wont to dream1 ,of meats and drinks1 nature's refreshment sweet4 ,him thought he by the brook of ,cherith stood1 ,and saw the ravens with their horny beaks ,food to ,elijah bringing even and morn-- ,though ravenous1 taught to abstain from what they brought2 ,he saw the ,prophet also1 how he fled #bgj ,into the desert1 and how there he slept ,under a juniper--then how1 awaked1 ,he found his supper on the coals prepared1 ,and by the ,angel was bid rise and eat1 ,and eat the second time after repose1 ,the strength whereof sufficed him forty days3 ,sometimes that with ,elijah he partook1 ,or as a guest with ,daniel at his pulse4 ,thus wore out night2 and now the harald ,lark ,left his ground-nest1 high towering to descry #bhj ,the ,morn's approach1 and greet her with his song4 ,as lightly from his grassy couch up rose ,our ,saviour1 and found all was but a dream2 ,fasting he went to sleep1 and fasting waked4 ,up to a hill anon his steps he reared1 ,from whose high top to ken the prospect round1 ,if cottage were in view1 sheep-cote1 or herd2 ,but cottage1 herd1 or sheep-cote1 none he saw-- ,only in a bottom saw a pleasant grove1 ,with chaunt of tuneful birds resounding loud4 #bij ,thither he bent his way1 determined there ,to rest at noon1 and entered soon the shade ,high-roofed1 and walks beneath1 and alleys brown1 ,that opened in the midst a woody scene2 ,nature's own work it seemed 7,nature taught ,art71 ,and1 to a superstitious eye1 the haunt ,of wood-gods and wood-nymphs4 ,he viewed it round2 ,when suddenly a man before him stood1 ,not rustic as before1 but seemlier clad1 ,as one in city or court or palace bred1 #cjj ,and with fair speech these words to him addressed3-- 8,with granted leave officious ,i return1 ,but much more wonder that the ,son of ,god ,in this wild solitude so long should bide1 ,of all things destitute1 and1 well ,i know1 ,not without hunger4 ,others of some note1 ,as story tells1 have trod this wilderness3 ,the fugitive ,bond-woman1 with her son1 ,outcast ,nebaioth1 yet found here relief ,by a providing ,angel2 all the race #caj ,of ,israel here had famished1 had not ,god ,rained from heaven manna2 and that ,prophet bold1 ,native of ,thebez1 wandering here1 was fed ,twice by a voice inviting him to eat4 ,of thee those forty days none hath regard1 ,forty and more deserted here indeed40 ,to whom thus ,jesus3--8,what conclud'st thou hence8 ,they all had need2 ,i1 as thou seest1 have none40 8,how hast thou hunger then80 ,satan replied4 8,tell me1 if food were now before thee set1 #cbj ,wouldst thou not eat80 8,thereafter as ,i like the giver10 answered ,jesus4 8,why should that ,cause thy refusal80 said the subtle ,fiend4 8,hast thou not right to all created things8 ,owe not all creatures1 by just right1 to thee ,duty and service1 nor to stay till bid1 ,but tender all their power8 ,nor mention ,i ,meats by the law unclean1 or offered first ,to idols--those young ,daniel could refuse2 ,nor proffered by an enemy--though who #ccj ,would scruple that1 with want oppressed8 ,behold1 ,nature ashamed1 or1 better to express1 ,troubled1 that thou shouldst hunger1 hath purveyed ,from all the elements her choicest store1 ,to treat thee as beseems1 and as her ,lord ,with honour4 ,only deign to sit and eat40 ,he spake no dream2 for1 as his words had end1 ,our ,saviour1 lifting up his eyes1 beheld1 ,in ample space under the broadest shade1 ,a table richly spread in regal mode1 #cdj ,with dishes piled and meats of noblest sort ,and savour--beasts of chase1 or fowl of game1 ,in pastry built1 or from the spit1 or boiled1 ,grisamber-steamed2 all fish1 from sea or shore1 ,freshet or purling brook1 of shell or fin1 ,and exquisitest name1 for which was drained ,pontus1 and ,lucrine bay1 and ,afric coast4 ,alas6 how simple1 to these cates compared1 ,was that crude ,apple that diverted ,eve6 ,and at a stately sideboard1 by the wine1 #cej ,that fragrant smell diffused1 in order stood ,tall stripling youths rich-clad1 of fairer hue ,than ,ganymed or ,hylas2 distant more1 ,under the trees now tripped1 now solemn stood1 ,nymphs of ,diana's train1 and ,naiades ,with fruits and flowers from ,amalthea's horn1 ,and ladies of the ,hesperides1 that seemed ,fairer than feigned of old1 or fabled since ,of faery damsels met in forest wide ,by knights of ,logres1 or of ,lyones1 #cfj ,lancelot1 or ,pelleas1 or ,pellenore4 ,and all the while harmonious airs were heard ,of chiming strings or charming pipes2 and winds ,of gentlest gale ,arabian odours fanned ,from their soft wings1 and ,flora's earliest smells4 ,such was the splendour2 and the ,tempter now ,his invitation earnestly renewed3-- 8,what doubts the ,son of ,god to sit and eat8 ,these are not fruits forbidden2 no interdict ,defends the touching of these viands pure2 #cgj ,their taste no knowledge works1 at least of evil1 ,but life preserves1 destroys life's enemy1 ,hunger1 with sweet restorative delight4 ,all these are ,spirits of air1 and woods1 and springs1 ,thy gentle ministers1 who come to pay ,thee homage1 and acknowledge thee their ,lord4 ,what doubt'st thou1 ,son of ,god8 ,sit down and eat40 ,to whom thus ,jesus temperately replied3-- 8,said'st thou not that to all things ,i had right8 ,and who withholds my power that right to use8 #chj ,shall ,i receive by gift what of my own1 ,when and where likes me best1 ,i can command8 ,i can at will1 doubt not1 as soon as thou1 ,command a table in this wilderness1 ,and call swift flights of ,angels ministrant1 ,arrayed in glory1 on my cup to attend3 ,why shouldst thou1 then1 obtrude this diligence ,in vain1 where no acceptance it can find8 ,and with my hunger what hast thou to do8 ,thy pompous delicacies ,i contemn1 #cij ,and count thy specious gifts no gifts1 but guiles40 ,to whom thus answered ,satan1 male-content3-- 8,that ,i have also power to give thou seest2 ,if of that power ,i bring thee voluntary ,what ,i might have bestowed on whom ,i pleased1 ,and rather opportunely in this place ,chose to impart to thy apparent need1 ,why shouldst thou not accept it8 ,but ,i see ,what ,i can do or offer is suspect4 ,of these things others quickly will dispose1 #djj ,whose pains have earned the far-fet spoil40 ,with that ,both table and provision vanished quite1 ,with sound of harpies' wings and talons heard2 ,only the importune ,tempter still remained1 ,and with these words his temptation pursued3-- 8,by hunger1 that each other creature tames1 ,thou art not to be harmed1 therefore not moved2 ,thy temperance1 invincible besides1 ,for no allurement yields to appetite2 ,and all thy heart is set on high designs1 #daj ,high actions4 ,but wherewith to be achieved8 ,great acts require great means of enterprise2 ,thou art unknown1 unfriended1 low of birth1 ,a carpenter thy father known1 thyself ,bred up in poverty and straits at home1 ,lost in a desert here and hunger-bit4 ,which way1 or from what hope1 dost thou aspire ,to greatness8 whence authority deriv'st8 ,what followers1 what retinue canst thou gain1 ,or at thy heels the dizzy multitude1 #dbj ,longer than thou canst feed them on thy cost8 ,money brings honour1 friends1 conquest1 and realms4 ,what raised ,antipater the ,edomite1 ,and his son ,herod placed on ,juda's throne1 ,thy throne1 but gold1 that got him puissant friends8 ,therefore1 if at great things thou wouldst arrive1 ,get riches first1 get wealth1 and treasure heap-- ,not difficult1 if thou hearken to me4 ,riches are mine1 fortune is in my hand2 ,they whom ,i favour thrive in wealth amain1 #dcj ,while virtue1 valour1 wisdom1 sit in want40 ,to whom thus ,jesus patiently replied3-- 8,yet wealth without these three is impotent ,to gain dominion1 or to keep it gained-- ,witness those ancient empires of the earth1 ,in highth of all their flowing wealth dissolved2 ,but men endued with these have oft attained1 ,in lowest poverty1 to highest deeds-- ,gideon1 and ,jephtha1 and the shepherd lad ,whose offspring on the throne of ,juda sate #ddj ,so many ages1 and shall yet regain ,that seat1 and reign in ,israel without end4 ,among the ,heathen 7for throughout the world ,to me is not unknown what hath been done ,worthy of memorial7 canst thou not remember ,quintius1 ,fabricius1 ,curius1 ,regulus8 ,for ,i esteem those names of men so poor1 ,who could do mighty things1 and could contemn ,riches1 though offered from the hand of kings4 ,and what in me seems wanting but that ,i #dej ,may also in this poverty as soon ,accomplish what they did1 perhaps and more8 ,extol not riches1 then1 the toil of fools1 ,the wise man's cumbrance1 if not snare2 more apt ,to slacken virtue and abate her edge ,than prompt her to do aught may merit praise4 ,what if with like aversion ,i reject ,riches and realms6 ,yet not for that a crown1 ,golden in shew1 is but a wreath of thorns1 ,brings dangers1 troubles1 cares1 and sleepless nights1 #dfj ,to him who wears the regal diadem1 ,when on his shoulders each man's burden lies2 ,for therein stands the office of a king1 ,his honour1 virtue1 merit1 and chief praise1 ,that for the public all this weight he bears4 ,yet he who reigns within himself1 and rules ,passions1 desires1 and fears1 is more a king-- ,which every wise and virtuous man attains2 ,and who attains not1 ill aspires to rule ,cities of men1 or headstrong multitudes1 #dgj ,subject himself to anarchy within1 ,or lawless passions in him1 which he serves4 ,but to guide nations in the way of truth ,by saving doctrine1 and from error lead ,to know1 and1 knowing1 worship ,god aright1 ,is yet more kingly4 ,this attracts the soul1 ,governs the inner man1 the nobler part2 ,that other o'er the body only reigns1 ,and oft by force--which to a generous mind ,so reigning can be no sincere delight4 #dhj ,besides1 to give a kingdom hath been thought ,greater and nobler done1 and to lay down ,far more magnanimous1 than to assume4 ,riches are needless1 then1 both for themselves1 ,and for thy reason why they should be sought-- ,to gain a sceptre1 oftest better missed40 ,,the ,,third ,,book ,so spake the ,son of ,god2 and ,satan stood ,a while as mute1 confounded what to say1 ,what to reply1 confuted and convinced ,of his weak arguing and fallacious drift2 ,at length1 collecting all his serpent wiles1 ,with soothing words renewed1 him thus accosts3-- 8,i see thou know'st what is of use to know1 ,what best to say canst say1 to do canst do2 ,thy actions to thy words accord2 thy words ,to thy large heart give utterance due2 thy heart #aj ,contains of good1 wise1 just1 the perfet shape4 ,should kings and nations from thy mouth consult1 ,thy counsel would be as the oracle ,urim and ,thummim1 those oraculous gems ,on ,aaron's breast1 or tongue of ,seers old ,infallible2 or1 wert thou sought to deeds ,that might require the array of war1 thy skill ,of conduct would be such that all the world ,could not sustain thy prowess1 or subsist ,in battle1 though against thy few in arms4 #bj ,these godlike virtues wherefore dost thou hide8 ,affecting private life1 or more obscure ,in savage wilderness1 wherefore deprive ,all ,earth her wonder at thy acts1 thyself ,the fame and glory--glory1 the reward ,that sole excites to high attempts the flame ,of most erected spirits1 most tempered pure thereal1 who all pleasures else despise1 ,all treasures and all gain esteem as dross1 ,and dignities and powers1 all but the highest8 #cj ,thy years are ripe1 and over-ripe4 ,the son ,of ,macedonian ,philip had ere these ,won ,asia1 and the throne of ,cyrus held ,at his dispose2 young ,scipio had brought down ,the ,carthaginian pride2 young ,pompey quelled ,the ,pontic king1 and in triumph had rode4 ,yet years1 and to ripe years judgment mature1 ,quench not the thirst of glory1 but augment4 ,great ,julius1 whom now all the world admires1 ,the more he grew in years1 the more inflamed #dj ,with glory1 wept that he had lived so long ,ingloroious4 ,but thou yet art not too late40 ,to whom our ,saviour calmly thus replied3-- 8,thou neither dost persuade me to seek wealth ,for empire's sake1 nor empire to affect ,for glory's sake1 by all thy argument4 ,for what is glory but the blaze of fame1 ,the people's praise1 if always praise unmixed8 ,and what the people but a herd confused1 ,a miscellaneous rabble1 who extol #ej ,things vulgar1 and1 well weighed1 scarce worth the praise8 ,they praise and they admire they know not what1 ,and know not whom1 but as one leads the other2 ,and what delight to be by such extolled1 ,to live upon their tongues1 and be their talk8 ,of whom to be dispraised were no small praise-- ,his lot who dares be singularly good4 ,the intelligent among them and the wise ,are few1 and glory scarce of few is raised4 ,this is true glory and renown--when ,god1 #fj ,looking on the ,earth1 with approbation marks ,the just man1 and divulges him through ,heaven ,to all his ,angels1 who with true applause ,recount his praises4 ,thus he did to ,job1 ,when1 to extend his fame through ,heaven and ,earth1 ,as thou to thy reproach may'st well remember1 ,he asked thee1 #8,hast thou seen my servant ,job8' ,famous he was in ,heaven2 on ,earth less known1 ,where glory is false glory1 attributed ,to things not glorious1 men not worthy of fame4 #gj ,they err who count it glorious to subdue ,by conquest far and wide1 to overrun ,large countries1 and in field great battles win1 ,great cities by assault4 ,what do these worthies ,but rob and spoil1 burn1 slaughter1 and enslave ,peaceable nations1 neighbouring or remote1 ,made captive1 yet deserving freedom more ,than those their conquerors1 who leave behind ,nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove1 ,and all the flourishing works of peace destroy2 #hj ,then swell with pride1 and must be titled ,gods1 ,great benefactors of mankind1 ,deliverers1 ,worshipped with temple1 priest1 and sacrifice8 ,one is the son of ,jove1 of ,mars the other2 ,till conqueror ,death discover them scarce men1 ,rowling in brutish vices1 and deformed1 ,violent or shameful death their due reward4 ,but1 if there be in glory aught of good2 ,it may by means far different be attained1 ,without ambition1 war1 or violence-- #ij ,by deeds of peace1 by wisdom eminent1 ,by patience1 temperance4 ,i mention still ,him whom thy wrongs1 with saintly patience borne1 ,made famous in a land and times obscure2 ,who names not now with honour patient ,job8 ,poor ,socrates1 7who next more memorable87 ,by what he taught and suffered for so doing1 ,for truth's sake suffering death unjust1 lives now ,equal in fame to proudest conquerors4 ,yet1 if for fame and glory aught be done1 #ajj ,aught suffered--if young ,african for fame ,his wasted country freed from ,punic rage-- ,the deed becomes unpraised1 the man at least1 ,and loses1 though but verbal1 his reward4 ,shall ,i seek glory1 then1 as vain men seek1 ,oft not deserved8 ,i seek not mine1 but ,his ,who sent me1 and thereby witness whence ,i am40 ,to whom the ,tempter1 murmuring1 thus replied3-- 8,think not so slight of glory1 therein least ,resembling thy great ,father4 ,he seeks glory1 #aaj ,and for his glory all things made1 all things ,orders and governs2 nor content in ,heaven1 ,by all his ,angels glorified1 requires ,glory from men1 from all men1 good or bad1 ,wise or unwise1 no difference1 no exemption4 ,above all sacrifice1 or hallowed gift1 ,glory he requires1 and glory he receives1 ,promiscuous from all nations1 ,jew1 or ,greek1 ,or ,barbarous1 nor exception hath declared2 ,from us1 his foes pronounced1 glory he exacts40 #abj ,to whom our ,saviour fervently replied3 8,and reason2 since his ,word all things produced1 ,though chiefly not for glory as prime end1 ,but to shew forth his goodness1 and impart ,his good communicable to every soul ,freely2 of whom what could ,he less expect ,than glory and benediction--that is1 thanks-- ,the slightest1 easiest1 readiest recompense ,from them who could return him nothing else1 ,and1 not returning that1 would likeliest render #acj ,contempt instead1 dishonour1 obloquy8 ,hard recompense1 unsuitable return ,for so much good1 so much beneficience6 ,but why should man seek glory1 who of his own ,hath nothing1 and to whom nothing belongs ,but condemnation1 ignominy1 and shame-- ,who1 for so many benefits received1 ,turned recreant to ,god1 ingrate and false1 ,and so of all true good himself despoiled2 ,yet1 sacrilegious1 to himself would take #adj ,that which to ,god alone of right belongs8 ,yet so much bounty is in ,god1 such grace1 ,that who advances his glory1 not their own1 ,them he himself to glory will advance40 ,so spake the ,son of ,god2 and here again ,satan had not to answer1 but stood struck ,with guilt of his own sin--for he himself1 ,insatiable of glory1 had lost all2 ,yet of another plea bethought him soon3-- 8,of glory1 as thou wilt10 said he1 8so deem2 #aej ,worth or not worth the seeking1 let it pass4 ,but to a ,kingdom thou art born--ordained ,to sit upon thy father ,david's throne1 ,by mother's side thy father1 though thy right ,be now in powerful hands1 that will not part ,easily from possession won with arms4 ,juda now and all the ,promised ,land1 ,reduced a province under ,roman yoke1 ,obeys ,tiberius1 nor is always ruled ,with temperate sway3 oft have they violated #afj ,the ,temple1 oft the ,law1 with foul affronts1 ,abominations rather1 as did once ,antiochus4 ,and think'st thou to regain ,thy right by sitting still1 or thus retiring8 ,so did not ,machabeus4 ,he indeed ,retired unto the ,desert1 but with arms2 ,and o'er a mighty king so oft prevailed ,that by strong hand his family obtained1 ,though priests1 the crown1 and ,david's throne usurped1 ,with ,modin and her suburbs once content4 #agj ,if kingdom move thee not1 let move thee zeal ,and duty--zeal and duty are not slow1 ,but on ,occasion's forelock watchful wait3 ,they themselves rather are occasion best-- ,zeal of thy ,father's house1 duty to free ,thy country from her heathen servitude4 ,so shalt thou best fulfil1 best verify1 ,the ,prophets old1 who sung thy endless reign-- ,the happier reign the sooner it begins4 ,reign then2 what canst thou better do the while80 #ahj ,to whom our ,saviour answer thus returned3-- 8,all things are best fulfilled in their due time2 ,and time there is for all things1 ,truth hath said4 ,if of my reign ,prophetic ,writ hath told ,that it shall never end1 so1 when begin ,the ,father in his purpose hath decreed-- ,he in whose hand all times and seasons rowl4 ,what if he hath decreed that ,i shall first ,be tried in humble state1 and things adverse1 ,by tribulations1 injuries1 insults1 #aij ,contempts1 and scorns1 and snares1 and violence1 ,suffering1 abstaining1 quietly expecting ,without distrust or doubt1 that ,he may know ,what ,i can suffer1 how obey8 ,who best ,can suffer best can do1 best reign who first ,well hath obeyed--just trial ere ,i merit ,my exaltation without change or end4 ,but what concerns it thee when ,i begin ,my everlasting ,kingdom8 ,why art thou ,solicitous8 ,what moves thy inquisition8 #bjj ,know'st thou not that my rising is thy fall1 ,and my promotion will be thy destruction80 ,to whom the ,tempter1 inly racked1 replied3-- 8,let that come when it comes4 ,all hope is lost ,of my reception into grace2 what worse8 ,for where no hope is left is left no fear4 ,if there be worse1 the expectation more ,of worse torments me than the feeling can4 ,i would be at the worst2 worst is my port1 ,my harbour1 and my ultimate repose1 #baj ,the end ,i would attain1 my final good4 ,my error was my error1 and my crime ,my crime2 whatever1 for itself condemned1 ,and will alike be punished1 whether thou ,reign or reign not--though to that gentle brow ,willingly ,i could fly1 and hope thy reign1 ,from that placid aspect and meek regard1 ,rather than aggravate my evil state1 ,would stand between me and thy ,father's ire 7,whose ire ,i dread more than the fire of ,hell7 #bbj ,a shelter and a kind of shading cool ,interposition1 as a summer's cloud4 ,if ,i1 then1 to the worst that can be haste1 ,why move thy feet so slow to what is best8 ,happiest1 both to thyself and all the world1 ,that thou1 who worthiest art1 shouldst be their ,king6 ,perhaps thou linger'st in deep thoughts detained ,of the enterprise so hazardous and high6 ,no wonder2 for1 though in thee be united ,what of perfection can in ,man be found1 #bcj ,or human nature can receive1 consider ,thy life hath yet been private1 most part spent ,at home1 scarce viewed the ,galilean towns1 ,and once a year ,jerusalem1 few days' ,short sojourn2 and what thence couldst thou observe8 ,the world thou hast not seen1 much less her glory1 ,empires1 and monarchs1 and their radiant courts-- ,best school of best experience1 quickest in sight ,in all things that to greatest actions lead4 ,the wisest1 unexperienced1 will be ever #bdj ,timorous1 and loth1 with novice modesty 7,as he who1 seeking asses1 found a kingdom7 ,irresolute1 unhardy1 unadventrous4 ,but ,i will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit ,those rudiments1 and see before thine eyes ,the monarchies of the ,earth1 their pomp and state-- ,sufficient introduction to inform ,thee1 of thyself so apt1 in regal arts1 ,and regal mysteries2 that thou may'st know ,how best their opposition to withstand40 #bej ,with that 7such power was given him then71 he took ,the ,son of ,god up to a mountain high4 ,it was a mountain at whose verdant feet ,a spacious plain outstretched in circuit wide ,lay pleasant2 from his side two rivers flowed1 ,the one winding1 the other straight1 and left between ,fair champaign1 with less rivers interveined1 ,then meeting joined their tribute to the sea4 ,fertil of corn the glebe1 of oil1 and wine2 ,with herds the pasture thronged1 with flocks the hills2 #bfj ,huge cities and high-towered1 that well might seem ,the seats of mightiest monarchs2 and so large ,the prospect was that here and there was room ,for barren desert1 fountainless and dry4 ,to this high mountain-top the ,tempter brought ,our ,saviour1 and new train of words began3-- 8,well have we speeded1 and o'er hill and dale1 ,forest1 and field1 and flood1 temples and towers1 ,cut shorter many a league4 ,here thou behold'st ,assyria1 and her empire's ancient bounds1 #bgj ,araxes and the ,caspian lake2 thence on ,as far as ,indus east1 ,euphrates west1 ,and oft beyond2 to south the ,persian bay1 ,and1 inaccessible1 the ,arabian drouth3 ,here1 ,nineveh1 of length within her wall ,several days' journey1 built by ,ninus old1 ,of that first golden monarchy the seat1 ,and seat of ,salmanassar1 whose success ,israel in long captivity still mourns2 ,there ,babylon1 the wonder of all tongues1 #bhj ,as ancient1 but rebuilt by him who twice ,judah and all thy father ,david's house ,led captive1 and ,jerusalem laid waste1 ,till ,cyrus set them free2 ,persepolis1 ,his city1 there thou seest1 and ,bactra there2 ,ecbatana her structure vast there shews1 ,and ,hecatompylos her hunderd gates2 ,there ,susa by ,choaspes1 amber stream1 ,the drink of none but kings2 of later fame1 ,built by ,emathian or by ,parthian hands1 #bij ,the great ,seleucia1 ,nisibis1 and there ,artaxata1 ,teredon1 ,ctesiphon1 ,turning with easy eye1 thou may'st behold4 ,all these the ,parthian 7now some ages past ,by great ,arsaces led1 who founded first ,that empire7 under his dominion holds1 ,from the luxurious kings of ,antioch won4 ,and just in time thou com'st to have a view ,of his great power2 for now the ,parthian king ,in ,ctesiphon hath gathered all his host #cjj ,against the ,scythian1 whose incursions wild ,have wasted ,sogdiana2 to her aid ,he marches now in haste4 ,see1 though from far1 ,his thousands1 in what martial equipage ,they issue forth1 steel bows and shafts their arms1 ,of equal dread in flight or in pursuit-- ,all horsemen1 in which fight they most excel2 ,see how in warlike muster they appear1 ,in rhombs1 and wedges1 and half-moons1 and wings40 ,he looked1 and saw what numbers numberless #caj ,the city gates outpoured1 light-armed troops ,in coats of mail and military pride4 ,in mail their horses clad1 yet fleet and strong1 ,prauncing their riders bore1 the flower and choice ,of many provinces from bound to bound-- ,from ,arachosia1 from ,candaor east1 ,and ,margiana1 to the ,hyrcanian cliffs ,of ,caucasus1 and dark ,iberian dales2 ,from ,atropatia1 and the neighbouring plains ,of ,adiabene1 ,media1 and the south #cbj ,of ,susiana1 to ,balsara's haven4 ,he saw them in their forms of battle ranged1 ,how quick they wheeled1 and flying behind them shot ,sharp sleet of arrowy showers against the face ,of their pursuers1 and overcame by flight2 ,the field all iron cast a gleaming brown4 ,nor wanted clouds of foot1 nor1 on each horn1 ,cuirassiers all in steel for standing fight1 ,chariots1 or elephants indorsed with towers ,of archers2 nor of labouring pioners #ccj ,a multitude1 with spades and axes armed1 ,to lay hills plain1 fell woods1 or valleys fill1 ,or where plain was raise hill1 or overlay ,with bridges rivers proud1 as with a yoke3 ,mules after these1 camels and dromedaries1 ,and waggons fraught with utensils of war4 ,such forces met not1 nor so wide a camp1 ,when ,agrican1 with all his northern powers1 ,besieged ,albracea1 as romances tell1 ,the city of ,gallaphrone1 from thence to win #cdj ,the fairest of her sex1 ,angelica1 ,his daughter1 sought by many prowest knights1 ,both ,paynim and the peers of ,charlemane4 ,such and so numerous was their chivalry2 ,at sight whereof the ,fiend yet more presumed1 ,and to our ,saviour thus his words renewed3-- 8,that thou may'st know ,i seek not to engage ,thy virtue1 and not every way secure ,on no slight grounds thy safety1 hear and mark ,to what end ,i have brought thee hither1 and shew #cej ,all this fair sight4 ,thy kingdom1 though foretold ,by ,prophet or by ,angel1 unless thou ,endeavour1 as thy father ,david did1 ,thou never shalt obtain3 prediction still ,in all things1 and all men1 supposes means2 ,without means used1 what it predicts revokes4 ,but say thou wert possessed of ,david's throne ,by free consent of all1 none opposite1 ,samaritan or ,jew2 how couldst thou hope ,long to enjoy it quiet and secure #cfj ,between two such enclosing enemies1 ,roman and ,parthian8 ,therefore one of these ,thou must make sure thy own3 the ,parthian first1 ,by my advice1 as nearer1 and of late ,found able by invasion to annoy ,thy country1 and captive lead away her kings1 ,antigonus and old ,hyrcanus1 bound1 ,maugre the ,roman4 ,it shall be my task ,to render thee the ,parthian at dispose1 ,choose which thou wilt1 by conquest or by league4 #cgj ,by him thou shalt regain1 without him not1 ,that which alone can truly reinstall thee ,in ,david's royal seat1 his true successor-- ,deliverance of thy brethren1 those ,ten ,tribes ,whose offspring in his territory yet serve ,in ,habor1 and among the ,medes dispersed3 ,the sons of ,jacob1 two of ,joseph1 lost ,thus long from ,israel1 serving1 as of old ,their fathers in the land of ,egypt served1 ,this offer sets before thee to deliver4 #chj ,these if from servitude thou shalt restore ,to their inheritance1 then1 nor till then1 ,thou on the throne of ,david in full glory1 ,from ,egypt to ,euphrates and beyond1 ,shalt reign1 and ,rome or ,csar not need fear40 ,to whom our ,saviour answered thus1 unmoved3-- 8,much ostentation vain of fleshly arm ,and fragile arms1 much instrument of war1 ,long in preparing1 soon to nothing brought1 ,before mine eyes thou hast set1 and in my ear #cij ,vented much policy1 and projects deep ,of enemies1 of aids1 battles1 and leagues1 ,plausible to the world1 to me worth naught4 ,means ,i must use1 thou say'st2 prediction else ,will unpredict1 and fail me of the throne6 ,my time1 ,i told thee 7and that time for thee ,were better farthest off71 is not yet come4 ,when that comes1 think not thou to find me slack ,on my part aught endeavouring1 or to need ,thy politic maxims1 or that cumbersome #djj ,luggage of war there shewn me--argument ,of human weakness rather than of strength4 ,my brethren1 as thou call'st them1 those ,ten ,tribes1 ,i must deliver1 if ,i mean to reign ,david's true heir1 and his full sceptre sway ,to just extent over all ,israel's sons6 ,but whence to thee this zeal8 ,where was it then ,for ,israel1 or for ,david1 or his throne1 ,when thou stood'st up his tempter to the pride ,of numbering ,israel--which cost the lives #daj of threescore and ten thousand ,israelites ,by three days' pestilence8 ,such was thy zeal ,to ,israel then1 the same that now to me4 ,as for those captive tribes1 themselves were they ,who wrought their own captivity1 fell off ,from ,god to worship calves1 the deities ,of ,egypt1 ,baal next and ,ashtaroth1 ,and all the idolatries of heathen round1 ,besides their other worse than heathenish crimes2 ,nor in the land of their captivity #dbj ,humbled themselves1 or penitent besought ,the ,god of their forefathers1 but so died ,impenitent1 and left a race behind ,like to themselves1 distinguishable scarce ,from ,gentiles1 but by circumcision vain1 ,and ,god with idols in their worship joined4 ,should ,i of these the liberty regard1 ,who1 freed1 as to their ancient patrimony1 ,unhumbled1 unrepentant1 unreformed1 ,headlong would follow1 and to their gods perhaps #dcj ,of ,bethel and of ,dan8 ,no2 let them serve ,their enemies who serve idols with ,god4 ,yet ,he at length1 time to himself best known1 ,remembering ,abraham1 by some wondrous call ,may bring them back1 repentant and sincere1 ,and at their passing cleave the ,assyrian flood1 ,while to their native land with joy they haste1 ,as the ,red ,sea and ,jordan once he cleft1 ,when to the ,promised ,land their fathers passed4 ,to his due time and providence ,i leave them40 #ddj ,so spake ,israel's true ,king1 and to the ,fiend ,made answer meet1 that made void all his wiles4 ,so fares it when with truth falsehood contends4 ,,the ,,fourth ,,book ,perplexed and troubled at his bad success ,the ,tempter stood1 nor had what to reply1 ,discovered in his fraud1 thrown from his hope ,so oft1 and the persuasive rhetoric ,that sleeked his tongue1 and won so much on ,eve1 ,so little here1 nay lost4 ,but ,eve was ,eve2 ,this far his over-match1 who1 self-deceived ,and rash1 beforehand had no better weighed ,the strength he was to cope with1 or his own4 ,but--as a man who had been matchless held #aj ,in cunning1 over-reached where least he thought1 ,to salve his credit1 and for very spite1 ,still will be tempting him who foils him still1 ,and never cease1 though to his shame the more2 ,or as a swarm of flies in vintage-time1 ,about the wine-press where sweet must is poured1 ,beat off1 returns as oft with humming sound2 ,or surging waves against a solid rock1 ,though all to shivers dashed1 the assault renew1 7,vain battery67 and in froth or bubbles end-- #bj ,so ,satan1 whom repulse upon repulse ,met ever1 and to shameful silence brought1 ,yet gives not o'er1 though desperate of success1 ,and his vain importunity pursues4 ,he brought our ,saviour to the western side ,of that high mountain1 whence he might behold ,another plain1 long1 but in breadth not wide1 ,washed by the southern sea1 and on the north ,to equal length backed with a ridge of hills ,that screened the fruits of the earth and seats of men #cj ,from cold ,septentrion blasts2 thence in the midst ,divided by a river1 off whose banks ,on each side an ,imperial ,city stood1 ,with towers and temples proudly elevate ,on seven small hills1 with palaces adorned1 ,porches and theatres1 baths1 aqueducts1 ,statues and trophies1 and triumphal arcs1 ,gardens and groves1 presented to his eyes ,above the highth of mountains interposed-- ,by what strange parallax1 or optic skill #dj ,of vision1 multiplied through air1 or glass ,of telescope1 were curious to enquire4 ,and now the ,tempter thus his silence broke3-- 8,the city which thou seest no other deem ,than great and glorious ,rome1 ,queen of the ,earth ,so far renowned1 and with the spoils enriched ,of nations4 ,there the ,capitol thou seest1 ,above the rest lifting his stately head ,on the ,tarpeian rock1 her citadel ,impregnable2 and there ,mount ,palatine1 #ej ,the imperial palace1 compass huge1 and high ,the structure1 skill of noblest architects1 ,with gilded battlements1 conspicuous far1 ,turrets1 and terraces1 and glittering spires4 ,many a fair edifice besides1 more like ,houses of gods--so well ,i have disposed ,my aerie microscope--thou may'st behold1 ,outside and inside both1 pillars and roofs ,carved work1 the hand of famed artificers ,in cedar1 marble1 ivory1 or gold4 #fj ,thence to the gates cast round thine eye1 and see ,what conflux issuing forth1 or entering in3 ,prtors1 proconsuls to their provinces ,hasting1 or on return1 in robes of state2 ,lictors and rods1 the ensigns of their power2 ,legions and cohorts1 turms of horse and wings2 ,or embassies from regions far remote1 ,in various habits1 on the ,appian road1 ,or on the milian--some from farthest south1 ,syene1 and where the shadow both way falls1 #gj ,mero1 ,nilotic isle1 and1 more to west1 ,the realm of ,bocchus to the ,blackmoor sea2 ,from the ,asian kings 7and ,parthian among these71 ,from ,india and the ,golden ,chersoness1 ,and utmost ,indian isle ,taprobane1 ,dusk faces with white silken turbants wreathed2 ,from ,gallia1 ,gades1 and the ,british west2 ,germans1 and ,scythians1 and ,sarmatians north ,beyond ,danubius to the ,tauric pool4 ,all nations now to ,rome obedience pay-- #hj ,to ,rome's great ,emperor1 whose wide domain1 ,in ample territory1 wealth and power1 ,civility of manners1 arts and arms1 ,and long renown1 thou justly may'st prefer ,before the ,parthian4 ,these two thrones except1 ,the rest are barbarous1 and scarce worth the sight1 ,shared among petty kings too far removed2 ,these having shewn thee1 ,i have shewn thee all ,the kingdoms of the world1 and all their glory4 ,this ,emperor hath no son1 and now is old1 #ij ,old and lascivious1 and from ,rome retired ,to ,capre1 an island small but strong ,on the ,campanian shore1 with purpose there ,his horrid lusts in private to enjoy2 ,committing to a wicked favourite ,all public cares1 and yet of him suspicious2 ,hated of all1 and hating4 ,with what ease1 ,endued with regal virtues as thou art1 ,appearing1 and beginning noble deeds1 ,might'st thou expel this monster from his throne1 #ajj ,now made a sty1 and1 in his place ascending1 ,a victor-people free from servile yoke6 ,and with my help thou may'st2 to me the power ,is given1 and by that right ,i give it thee4 ,aim1 therefore1 at no less than all the world2 ,aim at the highest2 without the highest attained1 ,will be for thee no sitting1 or not long1 ,on ,david's throne1 be prophesied what will40 ,to whom the ,son of ,god1 unmoved1 replied3-- 8,nor doth this grandeur and majestic shew #aaj ,of luxury1 though called magnificence1 ,more than of arms before1 allure mine eye1 ,much less my mind2 though thou should'st add to tell ,their sumptuous gluttonies1 and gorgeous feasts ,on citron tables or ,atlantic stone 7,for ,i have also heard1 perhaps have read71 ,their wines of ,setia1 ,cales1 and ,falerne1 ,chios and ,crete1 and how they quaff in gold1 ,crystal1 and myrrhine cups1 imbossed with gems ,and studs of pearl--to me should'st tell1 who thirst #abj ,and hunger still4 ,then embassies thou shew'st ,from nations far and nigh6 ,what honour that1 ,but tedious waste of time1 to sit and hear ,so many hollow compliments and lies1 ,outlandish flatteries8 ,then proceed'st to talk ,of the ,emperor1 how easily subdued1 ,how gloriously4 ,i shall1 thou say'st1 expel ,a brutish monster3 what if ,i withal ,expel a ,devil who first made him such8 ,let his tormentor1 ,conscience1 find him out2 #acj ,for him ,i was not sent1 nor yet to free ,that people1 victor once1 now vile and base1 ,deservedly made vassal--who1 once just1 ,frugal1 and mild1 and temperate1 conquered well1 ,but govern ill the nations under yoke1 ,peeling their provinces1 exhausted all ,by lust and rapine2 first ambitious grown ,of triumph1 that insulting vanity2 ,then cruel1 by their sports to blood inured ,of fighting beasts1 and men to beasts exposed2 #adj ,luxurious by their wealth1 and greedier still1 ,and from the daily ,scene effeminate4 ,what wise and valiant man would seek to free ,these1 thus degenerate1 by themselves enslaved1 ,or could of inward slaves make outward free8 ,know1 therefore1 when my season comes to sit ,on ,david's throne1 it shall be like a tree ,spreading and overshadowing all the earth1 ,or as a stone that shall to pieces dash ,all monarchies besides throughout the world2 #aej ,and of my ,kingdom there shall be no end4 ,means there shall be to this2 but what the means ,is not for thee to know1 nor me to tell40 ,to whom the ,tempter1 impudent1 replied3-- 8,i see all offers made by me how slight ,thou valuest1 because offered1 and reject'st4 ,nothing will please the difficult and nice1 ,or nothing more than still to contradict4 ,on the other side know also thou that ,i ,on what ,i offer set as high esteem1 #afj ,nor what ,i part with mean to give for naught1 ,all these1 which in a moment thou behold'st1 ,the kingdoms of the world1 to thee ,i give 7,for1 given to me1 ,i give to whom ,i please71 ,no trifle2 yet with this reserve1 not else-- ,on this condition1 if thou wilt fall down1 ,and worship me as thy superior ,lord 7,easily done71 and hold them all of me2 ,for what can less so great a gift deserve80 ,whom thus our ,saviour answered with disdain3-- #agj 8,i never liked thy talk1 thy offers less2 ,now both abhor1 since thou hast dared to utter ,the abominable terms1 impious condition4 ,but ,i endure the time1 till which expired ,thou hast permission on me4 ,it is written1 ,the first of all commandments1 #8,thou shalt worship ,the ,lord thy ,god1 and only ,him shalt serve4' ,and dar'st thou to the ,son of ,god propound ,to worship thee1 accursed8 now more accursed ,for this attempt1 bolder than that on ,eve1 #ahj ,and more blasphemous2 which expect to rue4 ,the kingdoms of the world to thee were given6 ,permitted rather1 and by thee usurped2 ,other donation none thou canst produce4 ,if given1 by whom but by the ,king of kings1 ,god over all supreme8 ,if given to thee1 ,by thee how fairly is the ,giver now ,repaid6 ,but gratitude in thee is lost ,long since4 ,wert thou so void of fear or shame ,as offer them to me1 the ,son of ,god-- #aij ,to me my own1 on such abhorred pact1 ,that ,i fall down and worship thee as ,god8 ,get thee behind me6 ,plain thou now appear'st ,that ,evil ,one1 ,satan for ever damned40 ,to whom the ,fiend1 with fear abashed1 replied3-- 8,be not so sore offended1 ,son of ,god-- ,though ,sons of ,god both ,angels are and ,men-- ,if ,i1 to try whether in higher sort ,than these thou bear'st that title1 have proposed ,what both from ,men and ,angels ,i receive1 #bjj ,tetrarchs of ,fire1 ,air1 ,flood1 and on the ,earth ,nations besides from all the quartered winds-- ,god of this ,world invoked1 and ,world beneath4 ,who then thou art1 whose coming is foretold ,to me most fatal1 me it most concerns4 ,the trial hath indamaged thee no way1 ,rather more honour left and more esteem2 ,me naught advantaged1 missing what ,i aimed4 ,therefore let pass1 as they are transitory1 ,the kingdoms of this world2 ,i shall no more #baj ,advise thee2 gain them as thou canst1 or not4 ,and thou thyself seem'st otherwise inclined ,than to a worldly crown1 addicted more ,to contemplation and profound dispute2 ,as by that early action may be judged1 ,when1 slipping from thy mother's eye1 thou went'st ,alone into the ,temple1 there wast found ,among the gravest ,rabbies1 disputant ,on points and questions fitting ,moses' chair1 ,teaching1 not taught4 ,the childhood shews the man1 #bbj ,as morning shews the day4 ,be famous1 then1 ,by wisdom2 as thy empire must extend1 ,so let extend thy mind o'er all the world ,in knowledge2 all things in it comprehend4 ,all knowledge is not couched in ,moses' law1 ,the ,pentateuch1 or what the ,prophets wrote2 ,the ,gentiles also know1 and write1 and teach ,to admiration1 led by ,nature's light2 ,and with the ,gentiles much thou must converse1 ,ruling them by persuasion1 as thou mean'st4 #bcj ,without their learning1 how wilt thou with them1 ,or they with thee1 hold conversation meet8 ,how wilt thou reason with them1 how refute ,their idolisms1 traditions1 paradoxes8 ,error by his own arms is best evinced4 ,look once more1 ere we leave this specular mount1 ,westward1 much nearer by south-west2 behold ,where on the gean shore a city stands1 ,built nobly1 pure the air and light the soil-- ,athens1 the eye of ,greece1 mother of arts #bdj ,and ,eloquence1 native to famous wits ,or hospitable1 in her sweet recess1 ,city or suburban1 studious walks and shades4 ,see there the olive-grove of ,academe1 ,plato's retirement1 where the ,attic bird ,trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long2 ,there1 flowery hill1 ,hymettus1 with the sound ,of bees' industrious murmur1 oft invites ,to studious musing2 there ,ilissus rowls ,his whispering stream4 ,within the walls then view #bej ,the schools of ancient sages--his who bred ,great ,alexander to subdue the world1 ,lyceum there2 and painted ,stoa next4 ,there thou shalt hear and learn the secret power ,of harmony1 in tones and numbers hit ,by voice or hand1 and various-measured verse1 olian charms and ,dorian lyric odes1 ,and his who gave them breath1 but higher sung1 ,blind ,melesigenes1 thence ,homer called1 ,whose poem ,phbus challenged for his own4 #bfj ,thence what the lofty grave ,tragedians taught ,in chorus or iambic1 teachers best ,of moral prudence1 with delight received ,in brief sententious precepts1 while they treat ,of fate1 and chance1 and change in human life1 ,high actions and high passions best describing4 ,thence to the famous ,orators repair1 ,those ancient whose resistless eloquence ,wielded at will that fierce democraty1 ,shook the ,arsenal1 and fulmined over ,greece #bgj ,to ,macedon and ,artaxerxes' throne4 ,to sage ,philosophy next lend thine ear1 ,from heaven descended to the low-roofed house ,of ,socrates--see there his tenement-- ,whom1 well inspired1 the ,oracle pronounced ,wisest of men2 from whose mouth issued forth ,mellifluous streams1 that watered all the schools ,of ,academics old and new1 with those ,surnamed ,peripatetics1 and the sect ,epicurean1 and the ,stoic severe4 #bhj ,these here revolve1 or1 as thou likest1 at home1 ,till time mature thee to a kingdom's weight2 ,these rules will render thee a king complete ,within thyself1 much more with empire joined40 ,to whom our ,saviour sagely thus replied3-- 8,think not but that ,i know these things2 or1 think ,i know them not1 not therefore am ,i short ,of knowing what ,i ought4 ,he who receives ,light from above1 from the ,fountain of ,light1 ,no other doctrine needs1 though granted true2 #bij ,but these are false1 or little else but dreams1 ,conjectures1 fancies1 built on nothing firm4 ,the first and wisest of them all professed ,to know this only1 that he nothing knew2 ,the next to fabling fell and smooth conceits2 ,a third sort doubted all things1 though plain sense2 ,others in virtue placed felicity1 ,but virtue joined with riches and long life2 ,in corporal pleasure he1 and careless ease2 ,the ,stoic last in philosophic pride1 #cjj ,by him called virtue1 and his virtuous man1 ,wise1 perfect in himself1 and all possessing1 ,equal to ,god1 oft shames not to prefer1 ,as fearing ,god nor man1 contemning all ,wealth1 pleasure1 pain or torment1 death and life-- ,which1 when he lists1 he leaves1 or boasts he can2 ,for all his tedious talk is but vain boast1 ,or subtle shifts conviction to evade4 ,alas6 what can they teach1 and not mislead1 ,ignorant of themselves1 of ,god much more1 #caj ,and how the ,world began1 and how ,man fell1 ,degraded by himself1 on grace depending8 ,much of the ,soul they talk1 but all awry2 ,and in themselves seek virtue2 and to themselves ,all glory arrogate1 to ,god give none2 ,rather accuse him under usual names1 ,fortune and ,fate1 as one regardless quite ,of mortal things4 ,who1 therefore1 seeks in these ,true wisdom finds her not1 or1 by delusion ,far worse1 her false resemblance only meets1 #cbj ,an empty cloud4 ,however1 many books1 ,wise men have said1 are wearisome2 who reads ,incessantly1 and to his reading brings not ,a spirit and judgment equal or superior1 7,and what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek87 ,uncertain and unsettled still remains1 ,deep-versed in books and shallow in himself1 ,crude or intoxicate1 collecting toys ,and trifles for choice matters1 worth a sponge1 ,as children gathering pebbles on the shore4 #ccj ,or1 if ,i would delight my private hours ,with music or with poem1 where so soon ,as in our native language can ,i find ,that solace8 ,all our ,law and ,story strewed ,with hymns1 our ,psalms with artful terms inscribed1 ,our ,hebrew songs and harps1 in ,babylon ,that pleased so well our victor's ear1 declare ,that rather ,greece from us these arts derived-- ,ill imitated while they loudest sing ,the vices of their deities1 and their own1 #cdj ,in fable1 hymn1 or song1 so personating ,their gods ridiculous1 and themselves past shame4 ,remove their swelling epithetes1 thick-laid ,as varnish on a harlot's cheek1 the rest1 ,thin-sown with aught of profit or delight1 ,will far be found unworthy to compare ,with ,sion's songs1 to all true tastes excelling1 ,where ,god is praised aright and godlike men1 ,the ,holiest of ,holies and his ,saints 7,such are from ,god inspired1 not such from thee72 #cej ,unless where moral virtue is expressed ,by light of ,nature1 not in all quite lost4 ,their orators thou then extoll'st as those ,the top of eloquence--statists indeed1 ,and lovers of their country1 as may seem2 ,but herein to our ,prophets far beneath1 ,as men divinely taught1 and better teaching ,the solid rules of civil government1 ,in their majestic1 unaffected style1 ,than all the oratory of ,greece and ,rome4 #cfj ,in them is plainest taught1 and easiest learnt1 ,what makes a nation happy1 and keeps it so1 ,what ruins kingdoms1 and lays cities flat2 ,these only1 with our ,law1 best form a king40 ,so spake the ,son of ,god2 but ,satan1 now ,quite at a loss 7for all his darts were spent71 ,thus to our ,saviour1 with stern brow1 replied3-- 8,since neither wealth nor honour1 arms nor arts1 ,kingdom nor empire1 pleases thee1 nor aught ,by me proposed in life contemplative #cgj ,or active1 tended on by glory or fame1 ,what dost thou in this world8 ,the ,wilderness ,for thee is fittest place3 ,i found thee there1 ,and thither will return thee4 ,yet remember ,what ,i foretell thee2 soon thou shalt have cause ,to wish thou never hadst rejected1 thus ,nicely or cautiously1 my offered aid1 ,which would have set thee in short time with ease ,on ,david's throne1 or throne of all the world1 ,now at full age1 fulness of time1 thy season1 #chj ,when prophecies of thee are best fulfilled4 ,now1 contrary--if ,i read aught in heaven1 ,or heaven write aught of fate--by what the stars ,voluminous1 or single characters ,in their conjunction met1 give me to spell1 ,sorrows and labours1 opposition1 hate1 ,attends thee2 scorns1 reproaches1 injuries1 ,violence and stripes1 and1 lastly1 cruel death4 ,a kingdom they portend thee1 but what kingdom1 ,real or allegoric1 ,i discern not2 #cij ,nor when3 eternal sure--as without end1 ,without beginning2 for no date prefixed ,directs me in the starry rubric set40 ,so saying1 he took 7for still he knew his power ,not yet expired71 and to the ,wilderness ,brought back1 the ,son of ,god1 and left him there1 ,feigning to disappear4 ,darkness now rose1 ,as daylight sunk1 and brought in louring ,night1 ,her shadowy offspring1 unsubstantial both1 ,privation mere of light and absent day4 #djj ,our ,saviour1 meek1 and with untroubled mind ,after his rie jaunt1 though hurried sore1 ,hungry and cold1 betook him to his rest1 ,wherever1 under some concourse of shades1 ,whose branching arms thick intertwined might shield ,from dews and damps of night his sheltered head2 ,but1 sheltered1 slept in vain2 for at his head ,the ,tempter watched1 and soon with ugly dreams ,disturbed his sleep4 ,and either tropic now ',gan thunder1 and both ends of heaven2 the clouds #daj ,from many a horrid rift abortive poured ,fierce rain with lightning mixed1 water with fire1 ,in ruin reconciled2 nor slept the winds ,within their stony caves1 but rushed abroad ,from the four hinges of the world1 and fell ,on the vexed wilderness1 whose tallest pines1 ,though rooted deep as high1 and sturdiest oaks1 ,bowed their stiff necks1 loaden with stormy blasts1 ,or torn up sheer4 ,ill wast thou shrouded then1 ,o patient ,son of ,god1 yet only stood'st #dbj ,unshaken6 ,nor yet staid the terror there3 ,infernal ghosts and hellish furies round ,environed thee2 some howled1 some yelled1 some shrieked1 ,some bent at thee their fiery darts1 while thou ,sat'st unappalled in calm and sinless peace4 ,thus passed the night so foul1 till ,morning fair ,came forth with pilgrim steps1 in amice grey1 ,who with her radiant finger stilled the roar ,of thunder1 chased the clouds1 and laid the winds1 ,and griesly spectres1 which the ,fiend had raised #dcj ,to tempt the ,son of ,god with terrors dire4 ,and now the sun with more effectual beams ,had cheered the face of earth1 and dried the wet ,from drooping plant1 or dropping tree2 the birds1 ,who all things now behold more fresh and green1 ,after a night of storm so ruinous1 ,cleared up their choicest notes in bush and spray1 ,to gratulate the sweet return of morn4 ,nor yet1 amidst this joy and brightest morn1 ,was absent1 after all his mischief done1 #ddj ,the ,prince of ,darkness2 glad would also seem ,of this fair change1 and to our ,saviour came2 ,yet with no new device 7they all were spent71 ,rather by this his last affront resolved1 ,desperate of better course1 to vent his rage ,and mad despite to be so oft repelled4 ,him walking on a sunny hill he found1 ,backed on the north and west by a thick wood2 ,out of the wood he starts in wonted shape1 ,and in a careless mood thus to him said3-- #dej 8,fair morning yet betides thee1 ,son of ,god1 ,after a dismal night4 ,i heard the wrack1 ,as earth and sky would mingle2 but myself ,was distant2 and these flaws1 though mortals fear them1 ,as dangerous to the pillared frame of ,heaven1 ,or to the ,earth's dark basis underneath1 ,are to the main as inconsiderable ,and harmless1 if not wholesome1 as a sneeze ,to man's less universe1 and soon are gone4 ,yet1 as being ofttimes noxious where they light #dfj ,on man1 beast1 plant1 wasteful and turbulent1 ,like turbulencies in the affairs of men1 ,over whose heads they roar1 and seem to point1 ,they oft fore-signify and threaten ill4 ,this tempest at this desert most was bent2 ,of men at thee1 for only thou here dwell'st4 ,did ,i not tell thee1 if thou didst reject ,the perfect season offered with my aid ,to win thy destined seat1 but wilt prolong ,all to the push of fate1 pursue thy way #dgj ,of gaining ,david's throne no man knows when 7,for both the when and how is nowhere told71 ,thou shalt be what thou art ordained1 no doubt2 ,for ,angels have proclaimed it1 but concealing ,the time and means8 ,each act is rightliest done ,not when it must1 but when it may be best4 ,if thou observe not this1 be sure to find ,what ,i foretold thee--many a hard assay ,of dangers1 and adversities1 and pains1 ,ere thou of ,israel's sceptre get fast hold2 #dhj ,whereof this ominous night that closed thee round1 ,so many terrors1 voices1 prodigies1 ,may warn thee1 as a sure foregoing sign40 ,so talked he1 while the ,son of ,god went on1 ,and staid not1 but in brief him answered thus3-- 8,me worse than wet thou find'st not2 other harm ,those terrors which thou speak'st of did me none4 ,i never feared they could1 though noising loud ,and threatening nigh3 what they can do as signs ,betokening or ill-boding ,i contemn #dij ,as false portents1 not sent from ,god1 but thee2 ,who1 knowing ,i shall reign past thy preventing1 ,obtrud'st thy offered aid1 that ,i1 accepting1 ,at least might seem to hold all power of thee1 ,ambitious ,spirit6 and would'st be thought my ,god2 ,and storm'st1 refused1 thinking to terrify ,me to thy will6 ,desist 7thou art discerned1 ,and toil'st in vain71 nor me in vain molest40 ,to whom the ,fiend1 now swoln with rage1 replied3-- 8,then hear1 ,o ,son of ,david1 virgin-born6 #ejj ,for ,son of ,god to me is yet in doubt4 ,of the ,messiah ,i have heard foretold ,by all the ,prophets2 of thy birth1 at length ,announced by ,gabriel1 with the first ,i knew1 ,and of the angelic song in ,bethlehem field1 ,on thy birth-night1 that sung thee ,saviour born4 ,from that time seldom have ,i ceased to eye ,thy infancy1 thy childhood1 and thy youth1 ,thy manhood last1 though yet in private bred2 ,till1 at the ford of ,jordan1 whither all #eaj ,flocked to the ,baptist1 ,i among the rest 7,though not to be baptized71 by voice from ,heaven ,heard thee pronounced the ,son of ,god beloved4 ,thenceforth ,i thought thee worth my nearer view ,and narrower scrutiny1 that ,i might learn ,in what degree or meaning thou art called ,the ,son of ,god1 which bears no single sense4 ,the ,son of ,god ,i also am1 or was2 ,and1 if ,i was1 ,i am2 relation stands3 ,all men are ,sons of ,god2 yet thee ,i thought #ebj ,in some respect far higher so declared4 ,therefore ,i watched thy footsteps from that hour1 ,and followed thee still on to this waste wild1 ,where1 by all best conjectures1 ,i collect ,thou art to be my fatal enemy4 ,good reason1 then1 if ,i beforehand seek ,to understand my adversary1 who ,and what he is2 his wisdom1 power1 intent2 ,by parle or composition1 truce or league1 ,to win him1 or win from him what ,i can4 #ecj ,and opportunity ,i here have had ,to try thee1 sift thee1 and confess have found thee ,proof against all temptation1 as a rock ,of adamant and as a centre1 firm ,to the utmost of mere man both wise and good1 ,not more2 for honours1 riches1 kingdoms1 glory1 ,have been before contemned1 and may again4 ,therefore1 to know what more thou art than man1 ,worth naming the ,son of ,god by voice from ,heaven1 ,another method ,i must now begin40 #edj ,so saying1 he caught him up1 and1 without wing ,of hippogrif1 bore through the air sublime1 ,over the wilderness and o'er the plain1 ,till underneath them fair ,jerusalem1 ,the ,holy ,city1 lifted high her towers1 ,and higher yet the glorious ,temple reared ,her pile1 far off appearing like a mount ,of alablaster1 topt with golden spires3 ,there1 on the highest pinnacle1 he set ,the ,son of ,god1 and added thus in scorn3-- #eej 8,there stand1 if thou wilt stand2 to stand upright ,will ask thee skill4 ,i to thy ,father's house ,have brought thee1 and highest placed3 highest is best4 ,now shew thy progeny2 if not to stand1 ,cast thyself down4 ,safely1 if ,son of ,god2 ,for it is written1 #8,he will give command ,concerning thee to his ,angels2 in their hands ,they shall uplift thee1 lest at any time ,thou chance to dash thy foot against a stone4'0 ,to whom thus ,jesus3 8,also it is written1 #efj #8,tempt not the ,lord thy ,god4'0 ,he said1 and stood2 ,but ,satan1 smitten with amazement1 fell4 ,as when ,earth's son1 ,antus 7to compare ,small things with greatest71 in ,irassa strove ,with ,jove's ,alcides1 and1 oft foiled1 still rose1 ,receiving from his mother ,earth new strength1 ,fresh from his fall1 and fiercer grapple joined1 ,throttled at length in the air expired and fell1 ,so1 after many a foil1 the ,tempter proud1 ,renewing fresh assaults1 amidst his pride #egj ,fell whence he stood to see his victor fall2 ,and1 as that ,theban monster that proposed ,her riddle1 and him who solved it not devoured1 ,that once found out and solved1 for grief and spite ,cast herself headlong from the ,ismenian steep1 ,so1 strook with dread and anguish1 fell the ,fiend1 ,and to his crew1 that sat consulting1 brought ,joyless triumphals of his hoped success1 ,ruin1 and desperation1 and dismay1 ,who durst so proudly tempt the ,son of ,god4 #ehj ,so ,satan fell2 and straight a fiery globe ,of ,angels on full sail of wing flew nigh1 ,who on their plumy vans received ,him soft ,from his uneasy station1 and upbore1 ,as on a floating couch1 through the blithe air2 ,then1 in a flowery valley1 set him down ,on a green bank1 and set before him spread ,a table of celestial food1 divine ,ambrosial fruits fetched from the ,tree of ,life1 ,and from the ,fount of ,life ambrosial drink1 #eij ,that soon refreshed him wearied1 and repaired ,what hunger1 if aught hunger1 had impaired1 ,or thirst2 and1 as he fed1 ,angelic quires ,sung heavenly anthems of his victory ,over temptation and the ,tempter proud3-- 8,true ,image of the ,father1 whether throned ,in the bosom of bliss1 and light of light ,conceiving1 or1 remote from ,heaven1 enshrined ,in fleshly tabernacle and human form1 ,wandering the wilderness--whatever place1 #fjj ,habit1 or state1 or motion1 still expressing ,the ,son of ,god1 with ,godlike force endued ,against the attempter of thy ,father's throne ,and thief of ,paradise6 ,him long of old ,thou didst debel1 and down from ,heaven cast ,with all his army2 now thou hast avenged ,supplanted ,adam1 and1 by vanquishing ,temptation1 hast regained lost ,paradise1 ,and frustrated the conquest fraudulent4 ,he never more henceforth will dare set foot #faj ,in paradise to tempt2 his snares are broke4 ,for1 though that seat of earthly bliss be failed1 ,a fairer ,paradise is founded now ,for ,adam and his chosen sons1 whom thou1 ,a ,saviour1 art come down to reinstall2 ,where they shall dwell secure1 when time shall be1 ,of tempter and temptation without fear4 ,but thou1 ,infernal ,serpent6 shalt not long ,rule in the clouds4 ,like an autumnal star1 ,or lightning1 thou shalt fall from ,heaven1 trod down #fbj ,under his feet4 ,for proof1 ere this thou feel'st ,thy wound 7yet not thy last and deadliest wound7 ,by this repulse received1 and hold'st in ,hell ,no triumph2 in all her gates ,abaddon rues ,thy bold attempt4 ,hereafter learn with awe ,to dread the ,son of ,god4 ,he1 all unarmed1 ,shall chase thee1 with the terror of his voice1 ,from thy demoniac holds1 possession foul-- ,thee and thy legions2 yelling they shall fly1 ,and beg to hide them in a herd of swine1 #fcj ,lest he command them down into the ,deep1 ,bound1 and to torment sent before their time4 ,hail1 ,son of the ,most ,high1 heir of both ,worlds1 ,queller of ,satan6 ,on thy glorious work ,now enter1 and begin to save ,mankind40 ,thus they the ,son of ,god1 our ,saviour meek1 ,sung victor1 and1 from heavenly feast refreshed1 ,brought on his way with joy4 ,he1 unobserved1 ,home to his mother's house private returned4