The fixt Laws of Heaven Satan here ascribes his former high Station in Heaven not to his Maker but to Fate and uncontrolable Necessity, the fixt unalterable Laws of Heaven, according to the Opinion of the Stoicks, well express'd by Lucan:įatorum immoto divisit limite Mundum. Descensus Averni, going down into Hell, Virg. From this descent Celestial Virtues From this low Station our Heavenly Powers reco∣vering and arising, will much more daring and more dreadful shew, than if not fallen at all, and need to fear no second foyl: Descent, Descensus, Lat. For since no Deep, no not this bottomless Pit of Hell, is able in its flaming Dungeon to Imprison the everlasting Strength of Deathless Angels, thô overlaid and foyl'd: Oppressus, Lat. Thrones or Dominions, Principalities or Powers. Ye Rulers, Princes, and Heavenly Gods, well express'd by Satan in the beginning of his Speech, by Power and Dominion in the Abstract, flattering his Damned Slaves with Absolute Power, and Sovereign Command, styling them The Deities of Heaven, at the same time they were, outcast and exil'd thence, Captives of Hell. the Conceptions of the Mind, our Thoughts. to unfold, to unwrap our Imaginations, till express'd by Words lying close wrapt, and, as it were, folded up in our Minds, which our Expressions unfold, and lay open to others Ears and Understandings: Imaginatio, Lat. Imaginations thus display'd Did thus his lofty Thoughts unfold: Display, of Disployer, Fr. foolish, indiscreet, and thence unsuccessful. Poursuivre, to follow after, to push on: Vain, Va∣nus, Lat. Insatiate to pursue Unsatisfied with the pursuit of, unsatisfied in prosecuting War against the Almighty, thô in vain to pursue successless War with Heaven, much overmatch'd: Insatiatus, Lat. And from Despair, thus high uplifted beyond Hope And from the desperate Estate in which so late he was, when he lay groveling on the burning Lake: Raised up thus high beyond his Hope, Aspires beyond thus high, aims at some things above this height: Desperatio, Lat. Satan, by much bad Merit raised on high, fat on a Glorious Throne in Kingly State, out∣doing far the Pride of wealthy Ormus, and rich India or where the gawdy Eastern Nations pour with profuse hand whole showers of Pearl and Gold upon their barbarous Kings. Excellency, a Station and Degree of Honour more than ordinary, Son Eminence. To that bad Eminence Raised to that sad Supremacy, to that wicked Height: Eminen∣tia, Lat.
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