Boole VI. PARADISE LOST. Stood re-embattell'd fierce, by force or fraud Weening to profper, and at length prevail 795 Againft God and Metriah ; or to fall In univerfal ruin laft : and now To final battel drew, difdaining flight, Or faint retreat ; when the Great Son of God To all His hods on either hand thus fpake. 8cio Stand fill in bright array, ye Saints, here fland Ye Angels arm'd, this day from battel reit : Faithful bath been your warfare, and of God Accepted, fearlefs in his righteous caufe And as ye have receiv'd, fo have ye done cos Invincibly. But of this curled crew The punifbment to other hand belongs ; Vengeance is His, or whole He foie appoints. Number to this day's work is not ordain'd, Nor multitude : fland only, and behold 8:0 God's indignation on thefe godlefs pour'd By Me ; not you, but Me they have delpis'd Yet envied : againft Me is all their rage, Becaufe the Father, t' whom in heav'n fupreme Kingdom, and pow'r, and glory appertainE; 815 Bath honor'd Me according to His will. Therefore to Me their doom He bath affign'd That they may have their vvifb, to try with Me In battel which the itronger proves, they All, Or I alone againfl them ; fince by ftrength 810 They I-neat-tire all, of other excellence Not emulous, nor care who them excels ; Nor other ftrife with them du I vouchfafe. So fpake the Son, and into terror chang'd His count'nance, too fevere to be beheld 1 82 And full of wrath bent on His enemies. B b
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