So spake our mother Eve, and Adam hearu Well pleas'd but answer'd not; for now too nigh 625 Th' archangel stood, and from the other hill To their fix'd station, all in bright array, The cherubim descended; on the ground Gliding meteorous, as evening mist Risen from a river o'er the marish glides, And gathers ground fast at the lab'rer's heel Homeward returning. High in front advanc'd The brandish'd sword of God before them blaz'd Fierce as a comet; which with torrid heat, And vapour as the Libyan air adust, Began to parch that temp'rate clime; whereat In either hand the hast'ning angel caught Our lingering parents, and to th' eastern gate ed them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain; then disappear'd. They, looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms:
Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wip'd them"
The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand. with wand'ring steps and slow Through Eden took their solitary way.
Note. The rumeral letters refer to the Book, the figures to the Line.
AARON and Moses, their mission to Egypt, xii. 170. Abdiel, a seraph, his opposition to Satan, respecting the revolt of the angels, v. 803, his fidelity, v. 896, abandons the party of Satan, vi. 1. soliloquy on viewing him at their head, vi. 114, his conquest of Ariel, Arioch, and Ramiel, vi. 369
Abel and Cain, their story, xi. 429.
Abraham, and the Patriarchs, story of, xii. 113. Adam and Eve, general description of them, iv. 288, more minutely described, iv. 295, their state of in- nocence, iv. 312, 492, 738, v. 211, 303, viii. 510, entertainment of the angel Raphael, v. 313, 391, their nuptial bed described, iv. 708, their behaviour after the fall, and on finding themselves naked, ix. 1004, 1051, attempt to avoid God, x. 97, appear before him, x. 109, their expulsion from Paradise, xii. 265.
Adam, his discourse with Eve on the prohibition of the tree of knowledge, iv. 411, on viewing her sleeping, v. 8, his answer to her dream relative to Satan's first temptation, v. 94, his discourse in the bower with Raphael, v. 460, his creation and domi- nion, ix. 524, his first view of the Divine Presence, &c. viii. 311, his speech to God on his solitude in Paradise, viii. 357, his passion for Eve, viii. 521, discourses with her on Satan's subtilty, ix. from 205 to 384, soliloquy on her transgression, ix. 896,
resolves to die with her, ix. 907, eats the forbidden fruit, ix. 996, solicits her to submit to sexual plea- sures, and their conseqzences, ix. 1081, 1016, speech to her on their fall, &c. ix. 1067, the sentence on him, x. 197, reflects on the immortality of the soul, &c. x. 782, his resolution against the advice of Eve to commit suicide, x. 1028, behaviour on receiving the message for their expulsion, xi. 263.
Adramelech and Asmalia, fallen angels, their defeat, vi. 365.
Amaranth, a flower, transplanted to heaven, iii. 352 Ambition censured, ii. 482.
Angels obey God from choice, v. 585, engagement of the celestial party against Satan, vi. 202, 634, their song on the creation, vii. 180, 252, 557, 602, their re-ascent to heaven on Adam's fall, xi. 17, appointed to drive Adam from Paradise, xi. 127, execution of that office, xii. 626.
Angels, the fallen, their names, i. 374, pursuits, ii. 528, engagement, vi. 202, defeat and expulsion from heaven, vi. 831, 877, transformed into serpents, &c. x. 519, 547.
Apostles, their mission, &c. xii. 432, their successors described, xii. 508.
Azazel, Satan's standard bearer, i. 534.
Babel, its building, and the confusion of language thence arising, xii. 38, 48.
Battle between the angels described, vi. 202 to 877. Beelzebub described, ii. 299, excites an attempt on the world, ii. 245.
Belial, speeches of, ii. 119, vi. 620.
Blasts, originated from the fall of Adam, x, 692. Bridge from the gates of hell over Chaos to the world, x. 293.
Cain and Abel, their story, xi. 429.
Cham, his story, xii. 101.
Chance, explosion of the general idea respecting it, ii.
Chaos described, ii. 890, vii. 210, its limits since the fall of the angels, ii. 998, its state before that event, 7.577.
Church, hirelings in it compared with the devil in Paradise, iv. 192.
Conjugal love praised, iv. 750, 765, definition of it, viii. 589, a reciprocal duty, ix. 357.
Conjugal union, its reasons and obligations, viii. 494, ix. 955, 961.
Conscience, the umpire of God in man, iii. 194, its terrors, iv. 23, x. 842, censure of laws to enforce it, xii. 515.
Creation, the universal description of it, iii. 708, vii.
Creatures, in Paradise described, iv. 340, their dis cord a consequence of the fall, x. 707.
Dagon, a fallen angel, some account of, i. 457. Damned, description of the vicissitudes of their tor- ments, ii. 596.
David, why his throne is eternal, xii. 320.
Day and night in heaven, description of, vi. 4. Death and Sin, their post at the gates of hell, before the fall, ii. 688, their union, x. 249, their meeting with Satan on his return to hell, x. 326, their arri val at Paradise, x. 585, subsequent conduct in the world, x. 610.
Death, description of, ii. 666, its parentage, ii. 727, its birth, ii. 777, its answers to sin, x. 264, 596. Death of the body, its causes and variety, xi. 466, to 493, its terrors more imaginary than real, xi. 469, the gate of life, xii. 571.
Death, eternal, considerations on, x. 808. Deluge, see Noah.
Despair, its degrees, &c. iv. 108.
Devils, why excluded from grace, iii. 129.
Discord censured, ii. 496, the daughter of Sin, x. 707. Dominion, absolute amongst men, unjustifiable, xii.
Dreams illusory, iv. 799, natural, v. 110, divine, xii. 611.
Eagle, a bird of prey, one effect of Adam's fall, xi.
Earth, its creation, iii. 715, vii. 231, its separation from the waters described, vii. 276, speculations on its motions, or that of the heavens, censured, viii 70, a universal paradise at the coming of the Mes siah, xii. 463. Eden, see Paradise.
Egypt, plagues of, xii. 173. Election asserted, iii. 183.
Elements, their dependence upon each other, xl. 415. Enoch, his story, translation, &c. xi. 664, 700. Eve, see Adam and Eve.
Eve particularly described, &c. iv. 712, v. 379, vui. 46, 470, 482, 596, ix. 386, 431, 457, 489, 538, 603, 896, her formation from Adam, viii. 460, her behaviour on seeing him, viii. 500, discourses with Satan, ix. 552, 732, her temptation of Adam, ix. 856, her speeches and answers to Adam on being accused, x. 909, 937, 966, xi. 162, xii. 610.
Evening described, iv. 598.
Evil, blameless, if unapproved by thought, v. 117. Experience a guide to wisdom, ix. 807.
Faith in Christ, what kind of, is eternal life, xii. 420, censure of laws to enforce it, xii. 515.
Fancy, its office, v. 100, a faculty of the soul, viii. 460. Fame, censure of the common idea of it, xi. 638. Fate, the will of the Almighty, vii. 170.
Fig-tree, that from which aprons were made, de scribed, ix. 1101.
Firmament described, vii. 261.
Fish, their creation described, vii. 391. Flaming sword, description of, xii. 632.
Flood, or deluge, see Noah.
Freedom, effects of its loss, upon virtue, &c. xi. 797 Free-grace, defined, &c. iii. 173, 227.
Free-will asserted, iii. 95, v. 235, 520, viii. 635, ix, 350, x. 43, the image of God, viii. 440.
Fruition, carnal, its passion censured, viii. 579.
Gabriel, the chief of the guardian angels, his sta tion, &c. iv. 443, undertakes to detect Satan, iv 575, his speeches to the angels, iv. 866, to Satan, iv. 877, his prowess, &c. in the battle, vi. 354. Glory, or fame, the general idea of it censured, xi. 688. God the Father, contemplating his works, &c. iii. 56, his speech to God the Son on the designs of Satan, iii. 80, proposes the manner of redemption, ini. 203, and decrees his resurrection, iii. 303, attributes of God the Father, iii. 372, his speech to the celestia hierarchy, v. 600, his speeches to the Son, the an- gels, &c. v. 719, vi. 29, vii. 139, x. 614, xi. 94, 99.
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