He all his study bent To worship God aright and know his works Not hid; nor those things last, that might preserve Milton built his fame upon the foundation of the Scriptures: from the sacred volume he derived his light this was the treasure which enriched his wonderful imagination, and rendered him inferior only to the voice of inspiration. Having said thus much on this most important of all subjects, I will add only, that by the diligent and habitual use of these considerations, and of the other means we are blessed with, we shall experience a firm hope, a dignified joy, an unshaken trust; and when under the pressure of illness or affliction, more than human consolations. END OF VOL. I. |