Milton - PR3550 .D77 1777 M1

Beiox IV. PARADISE LOST; 83 Inwhich of all thefe fhining orbs hath man His fixed feat, or fixed feat hath none, But all thefe thining orbs his choice to dwell ; 67 That I may find him, and with fecret gaze, Or open admiration, him behold On whom the great Creator bath beflow'd Worlds, and on whom hath all thefe graces pour'd : That both in him and all things, as is meet, 675 The Univerfal Maker we may praile ; Who jufily bath driven out his rebel foes To deepeft hell, and to repair their loth Created this new happy race of men To ferve him better ; wife are all his ways ! 68o So fpake the falfe-diflitinbler unperceiv'd ; For neither man nor angel can dilcern Hypocrily (the only evil that walks invifible, except -to God alene, By his permiffive will, through heav'n and earth : 695 And oft though wildom wake, fuipicion deeps At wifdorn's gate, and to timplicity Refigns her charge, while goodne(s thinks no ill Where no ill teems) which now for once beguil'd Uriel, though regent of the fun, and held 690 The fharpeft,fighted fpirit of all in heav'n 'Who to the fraudulent impoiter foul, In his tiprightnels anfwer thus returri'd, Fair Angel, thy defire which tends to know The works of God, thereby to gloeify 695 The great work-mader, leads to no excels That reaches blame, but rather merits praife The more it teems excels, that ied thee hither From thy empyreal manfion thus alone, To witnefs with thine eyes what fume perhaps 700 Con

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