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ersuretynone:freelyweserve,

    becausewefreelylove,asinourwill

    toloveoot;inthisandorfall:

    andsoarefallen,todisobediencefallen,

    andsofroeaventodeepesthell;ofall

    froighstateofbliss,intowoe

    treatprogenitor.thywords

    attentive,andoredelightedear,

    diviructer,ihaveheard,thanwhen

    neighbhills

    aerealsid:norkne

    paradiselost

    148of374

    tobebothedfree;

    yetthattolove

    ourker,andobeyhiand

    singleisyetsojust,nstantthoughts

    assured,andstillassure:thoughthoutellest

    hathpassedinheaven,sodoubteve,

    butredesiretohear,ifthou,

    thefullrelation,ustneedsbestrange,

    hyofsacredsileobeheard;

    andlargeday,forsethesun

    hathfinishedhalfhisjouey,andsebegins

    hisotherhalfinthegreatzoneofheaven.

    thusadaaderequest;andraphael,

    aftershortpauseassenting,thusbegan.

    hightterthouenjoi,opriofn,

    sadtaskandhard:forhoe

    tohuheinvisibleexploits

    oforse,

    theruinofsonygloriousonce

    andperfectheystoodhounfold

    thesecretsofanotherworld,perhaps

    notlaorevealyetfood

    thisisdispensed;andountsthereach

    ofhunsense,ishalldelieso,

    bylikeningspiritualtorporalfor,

    asyexpresstheest;thoughifearth

    bebutashadohingstherein

    eaorethahisthought

    asyetthis,andchaoswild

    paradiselost

    149of374

    reignedheseheavensnohnow

    rests

    uponherterpoised;whenonaday

    forti,thoughieity,applied

    totion,asuresallthingsdurable

    bypresent,past,andfuture,onsuchday

    asheaveyearbringsforth,theeyrealhost

    ofangelsbyierialsuonscalled,

    innurablebeforethealghtysthrone

    forthalltheendsofheaven,appeared

    uheirhierarordersbright:

    tenthousandthousandensignshighadvanced,

    standardsandgonfalonstvanandrear

    streantheair,andfordistinserve

    ofhierarchies,oforders,anddegrees;

    orintheirglitteringtissuesbearilazed

    holyrials,actsofzealandlove

    rerdedehuswheninorbs

    ofuitinexpressibletheystood,

    orbhinorb,thefatherinfinite,

    byinblissiosodsattheson,

    adstasfroflangunt,op

    brightnesshaddeinvisible,thusspake.

    hear,allyeangels,progenyoflight,

    thrones,donations,princedo,virtues,powers;

    heardecree,and.

    thisdayihavebegotideclare

    onlyson,andonthisholyhill

    hiaveanointed,yenowbehold

    paradiselost

    150of374

    atrighthand;yourheadihippoint;

    andbyselfhavesshallbow

    allkneesinheaven,andshallnfesshiord:

    underhisgreatvicegerentreignabide

    united,asoneindividualsoul,

    foreverhappy:hihodisobeys,

    disobeys,breaksunion,andthatday,

    godand

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