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    thouhastrepelled;piouslytheythought

    theetodinish,andfroheehdraw

    thehyworshippers.whoseeks

    tolessenthee,againsthispurposeserves

    toherethyght:hisevil

    thouusest,andfrohenreatestregood.

    hisneadeherheaven

    froeavefar,foundedinview

    ontheclearhyaliheglassyse

    ofalitudealstiears

    nurous,aarperhapsaworld

    ofdestinedhabitation;butthoukno

    theirseasons:aheseatofn,

    earth,fused,

    theirpleasantden,

    andsonsofn,godhaththusadvanced

    createdinhisige,theretodwell

    and;andinreorule

    overhish,insea,orair,

    andltiplyaraceofworshippers

    holyandjust:thricehappy,iftheyknow

    theirhappiness,andpersevereupright

    sosungthey,andtheeyreanrung

    hhalleluiahs:thushkept.

    andthyrequestthinknohatasked

    paradiselost

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    hothishingsbegan,

    anderywasdone

    frohebeginning;thatposterity,

    infordbythee,ghtknohouseekest

    aught,notsurpassinghunasure,say.

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    theangelended,andinadaear

    slefthisvoice,thatheawhile

    thoughthitillspeaking,stillstoodfixedtohear;

    then,asnehusgratefullyreplied.

    thankssuffit,orpence

    equal,haveitorehee,divine

    historian,huslargelyhastallayed

    thethirstihadofknohsafed

    thisfriendlyndessioe

    things,elsebyunsearchable;nowheard

    hdelight,and,asisdue,

    hgloryattributedtothehigh

    ethiofdoubtreins,

    hysolutionresolve.

    e,thisworld,

    ofheavehnsisting;andpute

    theirgnitudes;thisearth,aspot,agrain,

    anatoantpared

    andallheueredstars,thatseeoroll

    spaprehensible,forsuch

    theirdistanceargues,andtheirsretu

    diual,relytoofficiatelight

    roundthisopausearth,thispunctualspot,

    onedayandnight;inallhervastsurvey

    uselessbesides;reasoningioftadre,

    hot

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    suchdisproportions,hsuperfluoushand

    sonynoblerbodiestocreate,

    greatersonifold,tothisoneuse,

    fhtappears,andontheirorbsiose

    suchrestlessrevolutiondaybyday

    repeated;hesedentaryearth,

    thatbetterghtpassve,

    servedbyrehanherself,attains

    herendotion,andreceives,

    astribute,suchasuessjoueybrought

    ofinrporealspeed,herthandlight;

    speed,todescribeberfails.

    sospakeoursire,andbyhisuntenanceseed

    enteringonstudiousthoughtsabstruse;heve

    perceiviiredinsight,

    herseat,

    andgracethatoay,

    rose,andongherfruitsandflowers,

    tovisitho,

    heursery;theyatheringsprung,

    and,touchedbyhe