18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
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O argument blasphemous, false and proud!
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn [ 810 ]
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.
Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
That to his only Son by right endud [ 815 ]
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist
Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
And equal over equals to let Reigne, [ 820 ]
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
One over all with unsucceeded power.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
With him the points of libertie, who made
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn
Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? [ 825 ]
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Yet by experience taught we know how good,
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
And of our good, and of our dignitie
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
How provident he is, how farr from thought
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
To make us less, bent rather to exalt
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Our happie state under one Head more neer [ 830 ]
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
United. But to grant it thee unjust,
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,
Equal to him begotten Son, by whom [ 835 ]
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
As by his Word the mighty Father made
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
By him created in thir bright degrees,
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, [ 840 ]
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
But more illustrious made, since he the Head
One of our number thus reduct bes,
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, [ 845 ]
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
And tempt not these; but hastn to appease
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
18,O argument blasphemous, false and proud!,Words which no eare ever to hear in Heavn 810 ,Expected, least of all from thee, ingrate,In place thy self so high above thy Peeres.,Canst thou with impious obloquie condemne,The just Decree of God, pronounct and sworn,,That to his only Son by right endud 815 ,With Regal Scepter, every Soule in Heavn,Shall bend the knee, and in that honour due,Confess him rightful King? unjust thou saist,Flatly unjust, to binde with Laws the free,,And equal over equals to let Reigne, 820 ,One over all with unsucceeded power.,Shalt thou give Law to God, shalt thou dispute,With him the points of libertie, who made,Thee what thou art, and formd the Powrs of Heavn,Such as he pleasd, and circumscribd thir being? 825 ,Yet by experience taught we know how good,,And of our good, and of our dignitie,How provident he is, how farr from thought,To make us less, bent rather to exalt,Our happie state under one Head more neer 830 ,United. But to grant it thee unjust,,That equal over equals Monarch Reigne:,Thy self though great and glorious dost thou count,,Or all Angelic Nature joind in one,,Equal to him begotten Son, by whom 835 ,As by his Word the mighty Father made,All things, evn thee, and all the Spirits of Heavn,By him created in thir bright degrees,,Crownd them with Glory, and to thir Glory namd,Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, 840 ,Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd,,But more illustrious made, since he the Head,One of our number thus reduct bes,,His Laws our Laws, all honour to him done,Returns our own. Cease then this impious rage, 845 ,And tempt not these; but hastn to appease,Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,,While Pardon may be found in time besought.
Th incensed Father, and th incensed Son,
While Pardon may be found in time besought.