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panse of water known in this country: its greatest
breadth is thirty-five miles, and its extent in
length is forty-nine. The Nile, by a current
always visible crosses the end of it.
eleven inhabited islands in the lake.

There are

All these

islands were formerly used as prisons for the great people, or for a voluntary retreat on account of some disgust or great misfortune, or as places of security to deposit their valuable effects during these troublesome times.

285 From this Assyrian garden,

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The garden where was placed Adam and Eve.

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for in their looks divine God said "let us make man." Gen. i. 26. And lo! the being arose for whom glorious preparations had been made. Unlike all previously created animals, he was endowed with a mind capable of reflection, and of appreciating the blessings given him, that of recollecting the past, of enjoying the present, and anticipating the future. In giving to man this superiority of excellence, calculated for the attainment and enjoyment of a blessed immortality. God was pleased to make a creature in his own divine image. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him. Gen. i. 27. 294 Severe but in true filial freedom plac'd

An ancient inspired writer has said, happy are we; for things that are pleasing to God are made known to us; but our great and righteous model added; "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them."

329 To recommeud cool zephyr

The west wind. Zephyr is said to produce flowers and fruits by the sweetness of his breath. 343 Sporting the lion ramp'd

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The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together; and the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. Isa. xi. 6.

Little inferior;

yet to heavenly spirits bright

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Isa. viii. 3, 4, 5.

380 Hell shall unfold

For judgment begins at the house of God, and even his dearest children are exercised with trials of their fidelity and patience. Let us prepare for them before they come, that when they do come, we may bear them honourably, committing the keeping of our souls to him, as to a faithful Creator, in well doing. But let the wicked and the ungodly meditate terror, for the vengeance of God will find them out; the great day of wrath will come, and who can be able to stand? May divine grace reclaim those who are now exposed to so terrible a condemnation; lest they know by experience, what no words can describe, no

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thought conceive, the end of those who obey not the gospel of God!

and of his good As liberal and free as infinite;

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Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I have believed thy commandments. Thou art good and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Ps. xcxix. 68.

In paradise

this easy charge, of all the trees

Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii. 16, 17.

433 One easy prohibition,

It was certainly proper that Adam should have some test to prove his obedience, and to keep him mindful that he held his extensive domain only as a tenant. He was therefore bound by a covenant not to violate one object, under no less a penalty than banishment from Paradise, the loss of the divine life, and the certainty of suffering pain and death. But though he was restricted from touching the tree of knowledge, the fruit of another tree, peculiarly valuable, was expressly granted him: This was the tree of life, which grew in the midst of the garden, and the fruit of which appears to have possessed extraordinary qualities, being, problably of an immortalizing nature. The one was opposite to the other, the Almighty placing before man death and life, happiness and misery, good and evil, for his free

choice, without any compulsion of his will. 475 Mother of human race

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And Adam said, "This is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman because she was taken out of man." Adam has now a partner of his own kind, with whom he can freely converse upon the beauties of nature, and the bounty of Providence. He can communicate to her some of the knowledge with which he is endued. He can explain to her many things which appear to her most wonderful. He can describe the properties of plants and animals, also point out the uses which may be made of them. Above all, Adam can elevate the mind of his Eve to the Father of Nature, and speak of his wonderful power, goodness, and condescension. He can worship with her morning and evening, at the throne of grace, and offer up the sacrifices of thanksgiving to the love of God, from hearts, as yet, unconscious of evil.

as Jupiter

The son of Saturn and Cybele, who after having banished his father, divided the empire of the world with his brothers, keeping the government of the heavens and earth for himself.

500 On Juno smiles,

The wife of Jupiter, and queen of heaven. 549 Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat,

One of the arch-angels and a guardian of the church; chief of the guardian angels of Paradise. 555 Thither came Uriel,

Uriel, the angel of the sun.

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569 But in the mount that lies from Eden north, The mount Niphates.

592 Beneath th' Azores ;

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Islands in Africa, they are nine in number, discovered in the middle of the fifteenth century, by Joshua Vander Berg, a merchant of Flanders, who in a voyage to Lisbon, was by stress of weather driven to these Islands, which he found destitute of inhabitants, and called them the Flemish Islands. On his arrival at Lisbon he boasted of the discovery, on which the Portuguese set sail and took possession of them. They were called in general the Azores, from the great number of hawks and falcons found among them. These Islands enjoy a clear sky, with a salubrious air, they are exposed to earthquakes, from which they have frequently suffered; and also by inundations of surrounding waves. They are fertile in corn, wine, and a variety of fruits; they also abound in cattle, fowls, &c. It is said that no poisonous or noxious animal breeds on the Azores, and if carried there, will expire in a few hours. whether the prime orb,'

The Sun is situated near the centre of the orbits of all the planets, and revolves on its axis in twenty-five days, fourteen hours, and four minutes. This revolution is determined from the motion of the spots on its surface, which first make their appearance on the eastern extremity, and then by degrees come forward towards the middle, and so pass on till they reach the western edge, and then disappear. When they have been absent r nearly the same period of time which they

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