ki 532 PARADISE REGAIN'D. Bocx For what can lefs fo great a gift deferve ? Whom thus our Saviour anfwer'd with difdain. 170 I never Iik'd thy talk, thy offers leis, N w bosh abhor, fince thou had dar'd to utter Th' abominable terms, impious condition ; Bot I induce the time, till which expir'd, Th u halt perm ,n on me. It is written 175 The fi ft of all commandments, Thou fhalt worship Tr), L., rd thy God, and only him (halt ferve ; .A> d eai'ft th ,t4 to the Son of G)cl propound To worlhip thee accurs'd, now more accurs'd For this attempt bolder than that on Eve, 18o `And more blasphemous ? which expect to rue. The lung&ms of the world to thee were given, Permitted rather, and by thee ufurp'd ; Other donation none thou canfl produce : giv'n, by whom but by the king of kings, 185 G d over all fop erne ? if giv'n to thee, 13y thee how fairly is the giver now Repaid ? But gratitude in thee is I( ft Long fince. Wert thou fo void of fear or !lame, As offer them to me the Son of God, 190 To me my own, on fueh abhorred pan, That I fall down and worfhip thee as God ? Get thee behind me ; plain thou now appear'ft That evil one, Satan for ever damn'd. To whom the Fiend with fear abalVd reply'd. 195 Be nut fa fore offended, Son of God, Though ions of Cod both Angels are and Men, 11 I to try whether in higher fort Than thele thou bear'll that title, have propos'd What both from Men and Angels I receive, 200 Tetrarchs of fire, air, flood, and on the earth Nations befides from all the quarter'd winds, God 9f this wQrld invok'd and world beneath ; Who
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