770 and with Calumnious Art of Counterfeited Truth Calumnious from Calumniofus of Calumniari (Lat.) to Accufe, to forge malicious Accufations. a Diabolical Art of Malicious Lying. "Thrones Dominations, &c. if I may yet 772 "Stile you fo, fince Another hath Ingrofs't "all Power, for whofe Glory we are Now to Confult, How Beft to pay Him Homage; "Too much to One, to Two Intollerable. "Perhaps we may be Wiser. Ye will if I judge Right. Ye are Sons of Heaven. Aborigines, Subject to None in particular. if "All are not Equal in Dignity All are Alike "Free. Who then can Affume Sovereignty over Those who are His Equals? Or Impofe Laws on us who cannot Err as being without Law? Much Lefs can This, "to the Prejudice of our Original Right, and Independance. 799 for this to be our Lord ípoken Blafphemously, with Contempt. hee had faid None had a Right to give Laws to Them, not God Himself, he goes on, Much Lefs This, This Another v. 775. This King Anointed. 777. 809 O Argument Blafphemous, &c. "This was little Expected from Thee Ingrate! "Canft "Canft Thou Condemn the Decree of God "that All fhall Submit to his Son and Alwaies, no other to take their Turns? Thou faift 'tis Unjust that One fhould be fet above his "Equals. fhalt Thou prescribe to God who "made us what wee are and has been fo "Bountifull to Us; and who is fo farr from "Debafing, that he rather Exalts us, uniting us under such a Head? But granting it unjuft that Any should be Lord over his Equals; "Art thou, or all the Angelick Nature Equal to the Son of God, by whom Wee, and all "things were Created? His Dignity wee partake of by being under Him who Thus be"comes One of Us. Ceafe then This Impious "Rage, Repent in Time. 841 Effential Powers, not only Nominal as v. 838 but Real. but more illuftrious made And 842 Coloff. ii. 10. ye are Compleat in Him who is the Head of all Principality and Power. 849 Sathan faies " 'tis New Doctrin, That "of their Creation by Secondary Hands. Denyes that they were at all Created; but SelfRais'd, and Neceffarily. their Power their Own, which he Threatens the Opponents " with. 861 Self-Begot, Self-Rais'd By Our Own Quick'ning Power when Fatal Courje R 3 bad bad Circled his Full Orbe, the Birth Ma ture of This our Native Heav'n, Ethereal Sons. Neceffarily produc'd by the Natural Course of things; a Link of the Chain of Fate Eternally fo Decreeing; and not Owing Existence to God, Other power. or any 862 the Birth Mature of This our Native Heav'n, in his Hymn to the Nativity, St. ult. Milton calls the Star that appear'd in the Eaft to the Wife Men Heaven's Youngest Teemed Star Eleg. VI. 85. he calls Heaven Stelliparumque polum. 877 Abdiel " fees their Ruin determin'd "faies the Indulgent Laws of the Meffiah "fhall not be Now vouchfaft. Threatens "God's Vengeance. 880 perfidious Fraud fee V. 690. and the Note on VII. 143. 888 Well didst thou Advife, yet not for thy Advice or Threats I fly thefe Wicked Tents Devoted, left the Wrath Impendent, well didft thou Advife, yet not for That, or thy Threats, but left the Wrath Impendent &c. 895 when who can Uncreate thee thou shalt know thou shalt not only know thou wert Created, and by Whom, but that He can also Annihilate thee if he pleases. Belial doubted of This as being perhaps beyond the Power of God Himself. II. 153. 907 See v. 758. thofe proud Tow'rs Book R 4 not as with Us in a Saffron Colour'd Robe, 'tis Here Celestial Golden Tiffue. 19 Warr in Procinct put in Array, call'd v. 48 Rang'd for Fight, and v. 81 in Batailous Afpect, as if you fhould fay ready Girded, in Allufion to the Ancients who just before the Battle us'd to Gird their Garments clofe, to them which on Other Occafions they wore very Loofe. See Feftus. though Worlds 36 Servant of God Judg'd thee perverse: the Regencies of Seraphim &c. feduc'd by Sathan (as V. 748) are Here call'd Worlds, (fo v. 146) expreffing the vaft Multitude of the Apoftate Hoft. Innumerable as the Starrs, a Third part of Heaven's Hoft v. 745. 710. All thefe judg'd Abdiel Perverfe; the only One among fo Many found Faithful. V. 896. VI. |