Thy praises, with th innumerable sound

Most glorious, in him all his Father shon

The first sort by thir own suggestion fell,

Or proud return though to his heavier doom,

By the other first: Man therefore shall find grace,

Draw after him the whole Race of mankind,

Fall circumvented thus by fraud, though joynd

Or shall the Adversarie thus obtain

So without least 藏书网impulse or shadow of Fate, [ 120 ]

Love without end, and without measure Grace,

Encompassd shall resound thee ever blest.

Unchangeable, Eternal, which ordaind

So should thy goodness and thy greatness both [ 165 ]

Both what they judge and what they choose; for so

Yet with revenge accomplisht and to Hell [ 160 ]

Of all things made, and judgest onely right. 九-九-藏-书-网[ 155 ]

Divine compassion visibly appeerd,

Of Hymns and sacred Songs, wherewith thy Throne

Through Heavn and Earth, so shall my glorie excel,

Sense of new joy ineffable diffusd:

Abolish thy Creation, and unmake,

That farr be from thee, Father, who art Judg

For which both Heavn and Earth shall high extoll

Which uttering thus he to his Father spake.

九九藏书Be questiond and blaspheamd without defence.

But Mercy first and last shall brightest shine.

Thy sovran sentence, that Man should find grace; [ 145 ]

Thir freedom, they themselves ordaind thir fall.

All Heavn, and in the blessed Spirits elect

Thir nature, and revoke the high Decree

I formd them free, and free they must remain,

O Father, gracious was that word whi99lib•netch closd

With his own folly? that be from thee farr,

By him corrupted? or wilt thou thy self

Thy creature late so lovd, thy youngest Son

Or aught by me immutablie foreseen,

They trespass, Authors to themselves in all

Till they enthrall themselves: I else must change [ 125 ]

For should Man finally be lost, should Man [ 150 ]

To whom the great Creatour thus replyd.

Sewww.99lib.netlf-tempted, self-depravd: Man falls deceivd [ 130 ]

Thus while God spake, ambrosial fragrance filld [ 135 ]

His end, and frustrate thine, shall he fulfill

The other none: in Mercy and Justice both,

Substantially expressd, and in his face [ 140 ]

His malice, and thy goodness bring to naught,

Beyond compare the Son of God was seen

For him, what for thy glorie thou hast made?