OF TI-It TWELVE BOOKS. is THE ARGUMENT OF THE ELEVENTH BOOK. TH E Son of God prefents to his Father the prayers of our firft parents now repenting, and intercedes for them : God accepts hem, but declares that they mull no longer abide in Paradife ; fends Michael with a band of Cherubims to difpoffefs them ; but &ft to reveal to Adam future things : Michael's coming down. Adam thaws to Eve certain omi- nous figns ; he difcerns Michael's approach, goes out to meet him ; the Angel denounces their departure. Eve's Lamentation. Adam pleads, but fubmits : The Angel leads him up to a high hill, fets before him in vifion what fhall happen till the flood. THE ARGUMENT OF THE TWELFTH BOOK. TH E Angel Michael continues from the flood to relate what (hall fucceed ; then, in the mention of Abraham, comes by degrees to ex- plain, who that Seed of the Woman than be, which was promifed Adam and Eve in the fall ; his incarnation, death, refurrettion, and afcenfion ; the flare of the church till his fecond coming. Adam greatly fatisfied and recomforted by thefe relations and promifes de- fcends the hill with Michael ; wakens Eve, who all this while had flept, but with gentle dreams compos'd to quietnefs of mind and fub- million, Michael in either hand leads them out of Paradife, the fiery fword waving behind them, and the Cherubims taking their nations to guard the place. T H
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