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orfloanfacedivine;</p>

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cutoff,andforthebookofknowledgefair</p>

presentedhauniversalblank</p>

ofnatureseexpungdandrasd,</p>

andatoraeshutout.</p>

sochtheratherthou,celestiallight,</p>

shineinindthroughallherpowers</p>

irradiate;thereplanteyes,allstfrohence</p>

purgeanddisperse,thatiyseeandtell</p>

ofthingsinvisibletortalsight.</p>

paradiselost</p>

69of374</p>

noightyfatherfrobove,</p>

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hisoheirooview:</p>

abouthillthesanctitiesofheaven</p>

stoodthickasstars,andfroissightreceivd</p>

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ofnkindinthehappygardenplacd</p>

reapingiortalfruitsofjoyandlove,</p>

uninterruptedjoy,unrivalldlove,</p>

inblissfulsolitude;hethensurveyd</p>

hellandthegulfbetanthere</p>

astingthehissidenight</p>

inthedunairsubli,andreadynow</p>

tostooph,</p>

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firandioso,ant,</p>

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,present,future,hebeholds,</p>

thustohisonlysonforeseeingspake.</p>

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70of374</p>

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uponhisownrebellioushead.andnow,</p>

throughallrestraintbrokeloose,hewingshisway</p>

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directlytoheneedworld,</p>

andnthereplacd,hpurposetoassay</p>

ifhiyforcehedestroy,or,worse,</p>

bysofalseguilepervert;andshallpervert;</p>

fornohisglozinglies,</p>

andeasilytrahesolend,</p>

solepledgeofhisobedience:sowillfall</p>

heandhisfaithlessprogeny:</p>

hisoe</p>

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depassiveboth,hadservdy,</p>

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71of374</p>

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