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Mafs being purged and refined, he shall raife a new Heaven and a new Earth, founded in Righteoufnefs, Peace, and Love; which will bring forth Fruits of eternal Joy and Happiness.

HERE MICHAEL made a Pause, and ADAM replied, Bleft Angel! in what fhort Compafs haft thou given me a fatisfactory View of all Things, from the Beginning of Time, till it fhall finifh its Courte ? Beyond which is the great Length of Eternity, whofe End no Eye can reach! I fhall leave PARADISE, greatly inftructed, in great Quietnefs of Mind, and have as much Knowledge as my Nature is capable of receiving; beyond which I was fo foolish as to afpire!Henceforward, I learn; that it is best to obey and love the only Gon, with Fear; to walk as knowing I am always in his Prefence, always to obferve his Providence, and have my whole Dependance upon him; who is merciful over all his Works, ftill overcoming Evil with Good, accomplishing great Things by fmall, fubverting Things of a worldly Nature by Things deemed weak, and worldly Wisdom by Simplicity and Meeknels; that fuffering for Truth's Sake is Fortitude, the highest Victory; and to the Frithful, DEATH fo fuffered is the Gate to Life: This I am taught by Example, whom I now acknowledge my ever bleft REDEEMER!

To whom the Arch-angel, for the laft Time, made Answer: Having learned thus much, thou haft attained the Sum of Wifdom; hope for nothing higher: Though thou knewest all the Stars by their Names, and all the Powers of Heaven; all the Secrets of the Deep; all the Works of Nature, or of GoD, in Earth, Water, Air, or Fire; or though thou enjoyedft all the Riches of this World, and ruled over it as one Empire, only add Deeds anfwerable to thy Knowledge; add Integrity, add Virtue, Patience, Tempe

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Temperance, and Love, hereafter to be called Charity, which is the Soul of all the reft; then thou wilt not be loth to leave this PARADISE, but fhalt poffels within thyself a PARADISE far happier! Therefore now let us defcend from this Hill, from whence I have been fhewing thee and foretelling future Things; for this is exactly the Time that we must depart from hence: And fee! the Guards, which I have encamped upon yonder Hill, expect Orders for moving; before whom a flaming Sword waves fiercely round in Signal, that it is Time for me to go. We muft ftay no longer here; do thou go and wake Eve; I have calmed her Spirit with gentle Dreams, foreboding Good, and have compofed all her Spirits to meek Submiffion. At a fit Season, do thou inform her of what thou haft heard, chiefly what may concern her Faith to know; make her fenfible of the great Deliverance which is to come, by her Seed, on all MANKIND; (for fo GoD pronounced it, THE SEED OF THE WOMAN) that fo ye may live all your Days (which will be many) both unanimous in one Faith, though, with Reafon, forrowful for past Evils; yet much more joyful in Meditation on the happy End.

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Michael leads Adam and Eve out of Paradife; the fiery Sword waving behind them, and the Cherubim taking their Station to guard the Place.

ICHAEL, after this, fpoke no more to ADAM, but they both defcended the Hill; ADAM ran before the Angel to the Bower where they had left EvE fleeping, intending to wake her, as the Angel had bid him; but he found her al

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ready risen from Sleep, and with chearful Words fhe thus received him:

I KNOW whither thou wenteft with the Angel, and from whence thou art returned; for GOD is alfo with us while we fleep, and can communicate Knowledge in Dreams, which he hath to me, propitioufly prefaging fome great Good, fince I fell asleep, wearied with Sorrow and Diftrefs of Heart; but now I am chear'd; lead on! I fhall not defire to make any Delay; to go with thee, makes it as happy as to ftay here; to stay here without thee, as unhappy as to go hence unwillingly: Thou art all Things under Heaven to me, and canft make all Places alike to me; who art banished hence, on Account of my wilful Transgreffion. Yet this farther Confolation I carry with me, that though all is loft by me, fuch Favour is vouchfafed me, unworthy as I am! that by me the promised Seed fhall reftore all.

So fpoke our firft Mother Eve, and ADAM heard her, well pleased, but made no Anfwer; for now the Angel was come up to him, and stood too near; and from the other Hill the Cherubim all defcended in bright Array, to take their fixed Station, gliding as an Evening Mist does over marfhy Ground. High advanced in the Front, blazed before them the flaming Sword of GOD, as fierce as a Comet; which with fultry Heat and Vapours began to parch that temperate Climate: At which the Angel, in either Hand, took our lingring Parents, and led them directly to the Eaftern Gate; and then, as faft down the Cliff, to the Plain beneath; after which he immediately difappeared from them. They, looking back, beheld all the Eastern Side of PARADISE, which had been their happy Seat fo lately, and faw the flaming Sword waving over it; the Gate crouded with Angels dread

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fully armed with Fire, and forbidding Entrance. They shed some natural Tears, but foon wiped them away: The whole World was before them, where to chufe the Place of their Refidence, PROVIDENCE was their Guide: And they, Hand in Hand, with flow and wandering Steps, took their folitary Way through EDEN.

THE END.

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