Temperance, and Love, hereafter to be call'd Charity, which is the Soul of all the reft; then thou wilt not be loth to leave this PARADISE, but fhalt poffefs 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 feel the Guards, which I have encamp'd 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 may ftay no longer here; do thou go and wake EvE; I have calm'd her Spirit with gentle Dreams, foreboding Good, and have compos'd all her Spirits to meek Submiffion. At a fit Seafon, 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 pronounc'd 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 paft Evils; yet much more joyful in Meditation on the happy End.

CHA P. III.

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

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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 Ev fleeping, intending to wake her, as the Angel had bid him, but he found her al

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ready rifen from Sleep, and with chearful Words fhe thus receiv'd him:

I KNOW whither thou went'ft with the Angel, and from whence thou art return'd; for GoD is alfo with us whilft we fleep, and can communicate Knowledge in Dreams, which he hath to me, propitiously 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 banish'd hence, on account of my wilful Trans-greffion. Yet this farther Confolation I carry with me, that though all is loft by me, fuch Favour is vouchfaf'd me, unworthy as I am! that by me the promis'd Seed fhall restore all.

So fpoke our firft Mother Eve, and ADAM heard her, well pleas'd, but made no Anfwer; for now the Angel was come up to him, and ftood too near; and from the other Hill the Cherubim all defcended in bright Array, to take their fix'd Station, gliding as an Evening Mist does over marfhy Ground. High advanc'd in the Front, blaz'd 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 lingering Parents, and led them directly to the Eastern Gate; and then, as fast down the Cliff, to the Plain beneath; after which he immediately difappear'd 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 arm'd with Fire, and forbidding Entrance. They shed some natural Tears, but foon wip'd 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.