His good to Worlds and Ages infinite.

And Vertues, winged Spirits, and Chariots wingd,

On his great Expedition now appeerd,

Myriads between two brazen Mountains lodgd

Into thir vacant room, and thence diffuse [ 190 ]

Outrageous as a Sea, dark, wasteful, wilde,

From the Armoury of God, where stand of old [ 200 ]

Glori九*九*藏*书*网e and praise, whose wisdom had ordaind

About his Chariot numberless were pourd

The King of Glorie in his powerful Word

Good out of evil to create, in stead

On heavnly ground they stood, and from the shore [ 210 ]

Cherub and Seraph, Potentates and Thrones,

Attendant on thir Lord: Heavn opnd wide [ 205 ]

九*九*藏*书*网Girt with Omnipotence, with Radiance crownd

Celestial Equipage; and now came forth

To future men, and in thir dwellings peace:

They viewd the vast immeasurable Abyss

For Chaos heard his voice: him all his Traine

Followd in bright procession to behold

Against a solemn day, harnest at hand,

Her ever during Gates,99lib•net Harmonious sound

Said then th Omnific Word, your discord end:

Nor staid, but on the Wings of Cherubim

Uplifted, in Paternal Glorie rode

So sang the Hierarchies: Mean while the Son

Glorie they sung to the most High, good will

When such was heard declard the Almighties will;

And surging waves, as Mountains to assault

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f Majestie Divine, Sapience and Love [ 195 ]

Silence, ye troubld waves, and thou Deep, peace,

Great triumph and rejoycing was in Heavn [ 180 ]

Glorie to him whose just avenging ire

Immense, and all his Father in him shon.

On golden Hinges moving, to let forth

Had driven out th ungodly from his sight [ 185 ]

Spontaneous, for九-九-藏-书-网 within them Spirit livd,

Farr into Chaos, and the World unborn; [ 220 ]

And th habitations of the just; to him

Of Spirits maligne a better Race to bring

And Spirit coming to create new Worlds.

Heavns highth, and with the Center mix the Pole. [ 215 ]

Up from the bottom turnd by furious windes

Creation, and the wonders of his might.