Useless and vain, of freedom both despoild,

What pleasure I from such obedience paid,

Prescribd, no barrs of Hell, nor all the chains

Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.

Hee and his faithless Progenie: whose fault?

Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.

And easily transgress the sole Command,

When Wi九*九*藏*書ll and Reason (Reason also is choice)

Him God beholding from his prospect high,

So were created, nor can justly accuse

Such I created all th Ethereal Powers [ 100 ]

And Spirits, both them who stood and them who faild;

Thir maker, or thir making, or thir Fate,

Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault,

Upohttps://read.99csw.comn his own rebellious head. And now

All he could have; I made him just and right,

Through all restraint broke loose he wings his way

Thir own revolt, not I: if I foreknew,

Of true allegiance, constant Faith or Love,

Not what they would? what praise could they receive?

Heapt on him there, nor yet the main Aby九*九*藏*書ss

As if predestination over-ruld

Wide interrupt can hold; so bent he seems

Or high foreknowledge; they themselves decreed

Where onely what they needs must do, appeard, [ 105 ]

Onely begotten Son, seest thou what rage [ 80 ]

Thir will, disposd by absolute Decree [ 115 ]

Directly towards the new created World,

On desparate九-九-藏-書 reveng, that shall redound [ 85 ]

Not mee. They therefore as to right belongd,

Made passive both, had servd necessitie, [ 110 ]

Which had no less provd certain unforeknown.

Not farr off Heavn, in the Precincts of light,

And Man there plact, with purpose to assay [ 90 ]

Whose but his own? ingrate, he had of mee

Wherein past, preshttps://read.99csw.coment, future he beholds,

If him by force he can destroy, or worse,

Transports our adversarie, whom no bounds

By some false guile pervert; and shall pervert

For man will hearkn to his glozing lyes,

Sole pledge of his obedience: So will fall, [ 95 ]

Not free, what proof could they have givn sincere

Thus to his onely Son foreseeing spake.