2 Oatinonpóf*ZíbíneIffttabuío, Chap. II. fpair, thole fecret Executioners torment his fpirit. The intelligent Nature, his peculiar excellency above the Brutes, arm'd mifery againft him, and put a keener edge to it : a. By refleetingupon the foolifh exchange he made of God himfelf for theFruit ofa Tree ; That fo flender a Temptation fhould cheat him of his Blef fednefs. His prefent mifery is aggravated by the fad comparifon of it with his primitive Felicity. No- thing remains of hisfirli Innocence, but the vexati- ous regret of having loft its 2. By the forefight of the Death he deferved. Theconfcience of his Crimes rackt his Soul with the certain and fearful expectation of Judgment. Betides the inward torment of his Mind, hewas ex- pos'd to all miferies from without. Sin having made a breach into the World, the whole Army ofEvils en- ter'd with it ; the Curfe extends it felf to the whole Creation. For the World being made for Man, the place of his refidence, in. his punifhment it hath felt the ,effects of God's difpleafure. The whole courfe of Nature is fet on fire. Whereas a general Peace and amicable Correfpondence was eftablifht between Hea- ven and Earth, whileft all were united in fubje& ion to the Creator: Sin that broke the firfi Union between God and Man, hath ruin'd the f coed. As in a state when one part of the subjeíis fall from their Obedi- ence, the reft which are - conftant in their Duty break with the Rebels and make war upon them till they re- turn to their Allegiance : So,univerfal Nature was arm'd againft rebelliousMan, and had deftroyed himwithout themerciful interpofition ofGod. The Angels with flaming Swords expell'd him from Paradife. The Beafts who were all innocent, whilft Man remained innocent, efpoufe Gods intereft, and are ready to revenge the quarrel of their Creator. The
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