John Milton

John Milton

Paradise Lost — Book 3 (1890)

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Quotes from Paradise Lost — Book 3 (John Milton)

Portrait of John Milton John Milton,  Paradise Lost — Book 3 (1890)

“ This my long sufferance and my day of grace
They who neglect and scorn shall never taste;
But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more,⁠200
That they may stumble on and deeper fall;
And none but such from mercy I exclude.—
But yet all is not done; Man disobeying,
Disloyal, breaks his feälty, and sins
Against the high supremacy of Heaven,
Affecting Godhead, and, so losing all,
To expiate his treason hath nought left,
But, to destruction sacred and devote,
He with his whole posterity must die,
Die he or justice must ”
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Portrait of John Milton John Milton,  Paradise Lost — Book 3 (1890)

“ The Archangel Uriel, one of the seven
Who in God's presence, nearest to his throne,
Stand ready at command, and are his eyes⁠650
That run through all the Heavens, or down to the Earth
Bear his swift errands over moist and dry,
O'er sea and land: him Satan thus accosts:
"Uriel, for thou of those seven Spirits that stand
In sight of God's high throne, gloriously bright,
The first art wont his great authentic will
Interpreter through highest Heaven to bring. ”
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Portrait of John Milton John Milton,  Paradise Lost — Book 3 (1890)

“ God, sitting on his throne, sees Satan flying toward this World, then newly created: shews him to the Son, who sat at his right hand; foretells the success of Satan in perverting mankind; clears his own justice and wisdom from all imputation, having created man free and able enough to have withstood his tempter; yet declares his purpose of grace toward him, in regard he fell not of his own malice, as did Satan, but by him seduced. The Son of God renders praises to his Father for the manifestation of his gracious purpose toward man ”
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