【】ifnotofbread</p>
tothuschael.justlythouabhorrest</p>
thatson,en</p>
suchtroublebrought,affegtosubdue</p>
rationalliberty;yetknohal,</p>
sihyinallapse,trueliberty</p>
islost,hrightreasondwells</p>
paradiselost</p>
355of374</p>
therhathnodividualbeing:</p>
reasoninnobscured,ootobeyed,</p>
iediatelyinordinatedesires,</p>
andupstartpassio</p>
froeason;andtoservitudereduce</p>
n,tilltheherefore,sis</p>
selfunhypn</p>
overfreereason,god,injudgentjust,</p>
subjectshiroouttoviolentlords;</p>
asundeservedlyenthrall</p>
hisout:tyrannystbe;</p>
thoughtothetyranttherebynoexcuse.</p>
yetsotisnationslinesolow</p>
froirtue,hatn,</p>
butjustidsofatalcurseannexed,</p>
deprivestheftheirouty;</p>
theiriheirreverentson</p>
ofhi</p>
doohisfather,heardthisheavycurse,</p>
servantofservants,onhisvie.</p>
thuserworld,</p>
stilltendfroadtoillgodatlast,</p>
heiriniquities,hdraw</p>
hispresenongthea</p>
hisholyeyes;resolvingfroheh</p>
toleavetheotheiroedways;</p>
andonepeculiaatio</p>
frolltherest,oftobeinvoked,</p>
anationfrohfulnt:</p>
paradiselost</p>
356of374</p>
hinthissideeuphratesyetresiding,</p>
bredupinidolen</p>
stthoubelieveshouldbesostupidgrown,</p>
thepatriarchlived,heflood,</p>
astoforsakethelivinggod,andfall</p>
toheiroone</p>
fodsyethiodthesthighvouchsafes</p>
tohisfathershouse,</p>
hiskindred,andfalsegods,intoaland</p>
hiillraise</p>
aghtynation;anduponhihower</p>
hisbeionso,thatinhisseed</p>
allnationsshallbeblest:hestraightobeys;</p>
notknobelieves:</p>
iseehibutthoustnot,hfaith</p>
heleaveshisgods,hisfriends,andnativesoil,</p>
urofchaldaea,passingnoheford</p>
toharan;afterhicuroustrain</p>
ofherdsandflocks,andnurousservitude;</p>
nottrustingallhish</p>
hgod,,inalandunknown.</p>
aaains;iseehistents</p>
pit,andtheneighbplain</p>
ofreh;therebyprosehereceives</p>
gifttohisprogenyofallthatland,</p>
froathnorthothedesartsouth;</p>
thingsbytheiasied;</p>
froerothegreatese</p>
unthern,yonderseeaebehold</p>
paradiselost</p>
357of374</p>
inprospe;ontheshore</p>
unt,</p>
jordan,trueliteasthissons</p>
shalldosenir,thatleofhills.</p>
thispohatallnationsoftheearth</p>
shallinhisseedbeblessed:bythatseed</p>
isantthygreatdeliverer,whoshallbruise</p>
theserpentshead;otheeanon</p>
plainliershallberevealed.thispatriarchblest,</p>
faithfulabrahauetishallcall,</p>
ason,andofhissonagrandchild,leaves;</p>