Possession of it Of the Lat. Clamare Clamando sibi vindicare thence the barbarous Law word Clameum V. 33. Precedence Place a going before Authority None sure will claim Precedence will strive for Place in Hell where the highest Seat may be the hottest Praecedentia Lat. of Praecedere to go before V. 34. That with ambitious Mind Satan here slily sets forth to view all his Dangers and Undertakings his Courage and his Consultations but hides and keeps close his proud Ambition and desire of Rule Lording it over the fallen Angels for his sake exposed to Sin and Suffering for his dire Ambition that made him Rebel against his Maker Ambition so insatiate of Command that in the first Book Vers. 262. he says To Reign is worth Ambition thô in Hell which here he cloaks with such a sly Infinuation as if his High and Kingly Exaltation did only raise his Sufferings to a height in proportion to his Power Ambitiosus Lat. desirous of Command V. 36. Firm Accord Assured and unshaken Agreement Of Accord Fr. of Accorder to agree as if Accordare of Ad and Corda a Musical Metaphor from the stretching and tuning of several Strings to the same Tone Firmus Lat. for settled sure V. 39. Surer to prosper c. More certain to succeed than even Success it self could have ascertained us Prosperity Lat. Prosperitas which often makes Men heedless of their Advantages and Dangers V. 41. Or Covert Guile Or secret Practices cunning Wiles and Stratagems Couvert Fr. hid Of Couvrir Fr. to hide Of the Lat. Cooperire to conceal V. 42. We now debate Argue Consider Dispute Of Desbatre Fr. to Fight a Debate being a kind of Fight and engaging of one Reason against another till by frequent Refutations the strongest prevail and are Victorious V. 46. Th' Eternal with God who is Everlasting AEternus Lat. Eternal Ibid. To be deem'd equal in strength His Hope was to be judg'd equal in Force and Power with God everlasting Deem'd Judged of the Sax. Deman to judge and Dema a Judge Equal AEqualis Lat. for like in Power Years or Size c. V. 47. And rather than be less cared not c. These Words consummate the Character of Moloc the boldest and the fiercest Spirit that fought in Heaven daring to that degree that rather than be any thing less than the Almighty would choose to cease to be at all had rather be destroyed annihilated and reduced from Being to his Primitive Original Nothing V. 48. Cared not to be Despis'd his Being his Nature and Eternity with that Care lost with that contempt and disregard of Life lost and vanish'd were all his Fears of what might happen to him V. 50. Or worse he reck'd not Of Hell or worse if ought might be so he made no account stood not in aw of He reck'd not he reckon'd not an abbreviation to reck to reckon to esteem or make account of Ibid. These Words thereafter c. And accordingly in these Words express'd his Mind his Sentiments V. 52. Of Wiles more unexpert With Tricks and Designs less acquainted Inexpertus Lat. unskilled in unacquainted with V. 53. Contrive Find out Controuver Fr. to invent V. 56. Sit lingering here Stay waiting here losing their Time and Patience Linger of the Ger. Langerew to draw out in length as if to longer V. 57. Heaven's Fugitives the Runaways of Heaven that have forsaken and fled from their Native Heaven Fugitivus Lat. one that runs away V. 58. Opprobrious Den of Shame A Pleonasme this dark disgraceful Den of Shame Den is properly a lurking Place where Wild Beasts in Woods and Forests hide themselves V. 59. The Prison of his Tyranny c. The Prison into which we are thrown by his Usurped Power who Reigns thus much the longer by the delay we make in attempting on him V. 63. Turning our Tortures c. Using our Torments in stead of Arms against our Tormenter explained by Arming our selves with Hellish Flames and Fury V. 61. Tortura Lat. for any sort of Pain or Punishment usually inflicted on Malefactors to make them confess their Crimes and Wicked undertakings V. 65. Of his Almighty Engin A description of the Thunder God Almighty's powerful Engin. V. 67. Black Fire and Horror The gloomy dark and obscure Fire of Hell from whose Flames no Light but rather Darkness visible Book 1. V. 62. Ibid. And Horror shot with equal Rage And trembling and dismay with the same force and fury thrown amongst his Angels Horror Lat. for Quaking either by reason of Fear or Cold the one being the consequence of the other Rage Fury of the Lat. Rabies Madness V. 69. Mixt with Tartarean Sulphur And his pure Throne stained and polluted with Hell Fire and flaming Brimstone Tartareus Lat. Hellish of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the deep Gulph of Hell the bottomless Pit of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be disturbed to be in confusion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bis nigra videre Tartara Says Virg. AEn 6. V. 71. And steep to scale c. And hard to rise upright upon the Wing against our Foes who over-reach us from on high Difficult Lat. Difficilis hard to be brought to pass Steep Upright as Cliffs and Hills are where we are forced to climb up step by step To scale is properly to mount up to by a Ladder of Scala Lat. so signifying hence Scalado setting Ladders to a Town-Wall and endeavouring by them to pass over here to mount upright upon the Wing towards Heaven's high Battlements V. 73. If the sleepy Drench c. If the dull Draught we lately took of the Lethean Lake does not still seize our Senses and make us forget our natural Force and Faculties Pythagoras who was the first or at least the most famous of the Philosophers who maintained the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the returning of Souls after Death into other Bodies to act other parts on the low Stage of this miserable Life gave occasion to the Poets that followed his Opinion to invent this Lethe which was one of the Rivers of Hell where Souls that were to be re-embodied were first drench'd before their return to this World that they might forget all that they knew or suffered before of which it seems Pythagoras drank not so deep since he remember'd his former Name and Quality Trojani tempore Belli Panthoides Euphorbus eram To this Lethean Lake our Poet alludes of which Virg. Animae quibus altera fato Corpora debentur Lethaei ad Fluminis undam Securos latices longa oblivia potant AEn 6. Lethes tacitus praelabitur amnis Infernis ut fama trahens oblivia venis Luc. lib. 9. Drench of the Sax. Drencan to drink Benumm not still does not still stupifie and dwell upon our Understandings A Limb is said to be benum'd when so seized on by the Cold as to be useless and not to be moved of the Sax. Niman to take hold of to seize on as the Latins use
top reaching to Heaven does his Divine Nature Oh that thou wouldst rent the Heavens that thou wouldst come down Isai. 64. Vers. 1. Christ indeed may well be represented by this Heavenly Ladder for by him not only the Angels but all the Saints and faithful Servants of God who in Heaven shall be like the Angels Matth. 22. Vers. 30. do ascend and descend that is have free access to God and the Throne of Grace and attain by his Merits Everlasting Happiness So Rupertus Vatalbus and others Others interpret this Ladder to be the way to Perfection towards which we must endeavour to ascend gradually Many are the Stairs and Degrees of Faith Repentance and all the Christian Virtues to be persued by perseverance in well-doing ere from the bottom fixed on frail Dust and Ashes we can climb up to the highest pitch of Perfection where GOD stands at the top ready to receive us into Everlasting Joy Mysteriously was meant Contained some Divine Matter was not to be understood according to the Letter but signified some Secret more considerable Of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. a Sacred Secret something concerning holy Things concealed from being common of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to instruct to interpret the knowledge of Sacred Rites V. 519. Or of Liquid Pearl Or of Pearl dissolved made liquid and fluid like Water of a bright shining White Praeferuntur Margaritae quae Candidissimae Lucidissimae Rotundissimae Levissimae Minimi Ponderis sunt Rueus de Gem. Lib. 1. Pliny tells us the Oysters whose pretious Off-spring Pearls are are so knowing of their Treasures that upon the approach of any Humane Hand they compress their Shells harder than ordinary and if forc'd open often bite off the Invaders Fingers Justissima tantae temeritatis Luxus avaritiae poena an Observation very fictitious and fallacious and contradicted by every Days Experience and found by chance as dangerous to the Mouse caught by the Nose in this Scaly Trap as by accident it may have proved to any Man Of Jasper see V. 363. of this Book V. 522. Rapt in a Chariot drawn by Fiery Steeds Snatch'd up into a Chariot drawn by Shining Horses this is meant of Elijah 2 Kings 2. Vers. 11. as he that is said to sail o'er the Liquid Lake of Pearl wafted by Angels must be Enoch Gen. 5. Vers. 24. That both these were translated into the Earthly Paradise which they were of Opinion did still exist Irenaeus Hieronymus Justinus and others held where by Eating of the Tree of Life they remain free from all Distempers both of Body and Mind in continual Contemplation of God though not in the Beatifick Vision of Him Others affirm That without Meat or Drink or the want or desire of them they continue unchanged and incorruptible GOD suspending in them the Act and Power of Natural Heat from preying upon the Radical Moisture that feeds the Lamp of Life Others who believed the entire abolition of Paradise suppose 'em carried into some Superiour Orb illustrious and delightful unknown to Mankind where free from all Inconveniences both of Body and Soul they are to continue till towards the end of the World they are to appear against Antichrist and to be put to death by him Tertull. August Rupertus Suarez grounding the last part of their Opinion on Mala. 4. Vers. 5. Matth. 17. Vers. 11. and Revel 11. Vers. 3. V. 524. Or aggravate his sad Exclusion Or to make his Banishment from that place of Bliss more grievous to him of aggravare Lat. to render more heavy and uneasie Exclusio Lat. shutting out V. 529. Wider by far Because GOD in the first Ages of the World did more frequently visit his chosen Servants and People Abraham Isacc and Jacob and the Children of Israel by his holy Angels not only calling to them out of Heaven but by conversing Face to Face of which see divers Instances before Vers. 511. of this Book V. 531. The Promised Land Canaan promised to Abraham and his Seed after him by GOD. Abraham dwelt in the Land of Canaan and the Lord said to Abraham Look from the place where thou art Northward and Southward Eastward and Westward for all the Land which thou seest to thee will I give it and to thy seed for ever Gen. 13. Vers. 12 14 and 15. See Gen. 12. Vers. 7. Deut. 34. Vers. 4. V. 532. Those happy Tribes Of the Children of Israel so happy in GOD's particular Instruction of 'em and his continual Providence over them Tribes of Tribus Lat. a Division of the Romans at first into the three parts Senators Soldiers and the common People Hence Tribus of the Numeral Tres. V. 533. On high Behests On extraordinary Commands and Occasions Hest and Behest are old words of the Sax. Here a Command Obeying Natures first Behest Spen. F. Q. Book 6. Cant. 4. St. 14. Who his Hest observ'd Idem Book 5. Cant. 12. St. 43. V. 535. From Paneas the Fount c. Was by the Ancient Geographers accounted a Fount of Mount Libanus and thought to be the Head of Jordan till later and better Discoveries have found its true Sources to be Jor and Dan whence it takes its Name as our Thames is of Tame and Isis two Fountains both at the Foot of Libanus in the Confines of Caelosyria running Southward It is a rapid River of a thick Warer as washing a far Soil full of Fish and its Banks adorn'd with thick and pleasant Woods as Monsieur Thevenot an Eye-Witness of it testifies Ibid. Jordan is perhaps the most famous River in the World for the many Miracles and Mysteries there wrought It was past over by the Israelites on dry-foot Josh. 4. Also by Elijah and Elisha in the same manner 2 Kings 2. Vers. 8. In it Naaman the Syrian left his Leprosie Chap. 5. Vers. 14. In it John Baptized the Jews into Repentance and afterwards our Saviour himself was in this River Baptized by him Matth. 3. Vers. 5. and 15. The Talmud derives his Name 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as descending from Dan the City anciently called Lais near Paneas formerly supposed the Spring and Fountain of Jordan by Plin. Lib. 5. Cap. 15. and Solin Cap. 38. V. 536 To Beersaba c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Well of the Oaths because there Abraham and Abiâ—â—lech swore and made a Covenant together Gen. 21. Vers. 31. A Town of Idumaea at first belonging to the Edomites afterwards to the Tribe of Symeon which the Christians warring against the Infidels for recovery of the Holy Land so styled because our Saviour wrought there the Salvation and Redemption of the World Fortified as bordering on the Arabian commonly call'd the Red-Sea not far from Egypt as our Poet truly says this was the Southern as Jordan and Libanus the Northern Limit of the Promised Land V. 539. As bound the Ocean Wave Well has our Poet declared the Bounds appointed to Darkness and encroaching
appointed Gen. 2. 17. Fixt of Figere Lat. to sasten to to appoint Why do I over live Why do I out live it V. 784. That pure Breath of Life My Soul Divinae particula Aâ—rae V. 788. Die a living Death Be eternally miserable Living Death everlasting Misery V. 791. The Body properly hath neither the Body hath neither Life nor the Power of doing Good or Evil being only the Organ of the Soul therefore what had Life and the faculty of doing well or ill my Soul must Die All of me then shall Die. Ibid. Let this appease c. Let this calm my disquieted Thoughts let this set my troubled Heart at rest Appease Appaisir Fr. to restore to Peace to quiet V. 799. Strange Contradiction To make Deathless Death immortal mortality to make that everlasting and endless that must destroy and make an end of all Things is an amazing Contradiction implying Impossibility of being true a Proposition that contradicts and gain-says what it proposes Contradictio Lat. V. 800. Which to God himself impossible is held The Schoolmen tell us God can do Quicquid non implicat all things but those that imply a Contradiction for such are absolutely impossible since the one destroys the other Quod enim cum affirmatur negatur impossibile est Atque haec impossibilia non posse immensae est potentiae posse infirmitatis est An Argument of Weakness not of Power For of two Contradictories one must be a Non Entity a meer nothing Therefore it would imply the highest Imperfection and Impotency in the Almighty Power Operari nihil efficere to imploy it on that which can have no Existence Impossible to be brought into Being But Deathless Death that is Eternal Death as everlasting Punishment implies no Contradiction Argument Argumentum Lat. a proof V. 802. Finite to Infinite Will he for the sake of his Vengeance make me who am Finite and Mortal Infinite endless and everlasting Finitus Lat. ended limited Of Finis Lat. an end Infinitus Lat. endless Eternal Punisht of Punir Fr. Punire Lat. to afflict V. 803. To satisfie his rigour satisfied never To satisfie his Severity that never will be satisfied to fulfill his Anger that to all Eternity will be in filling V. 805. Beyond Dust and Natures Laws c. That would be to stretch his Sentence that to Dust I shall return beyond this Dust and beyond Natures Everlasting Law by which all other Agents work on their subject matter in proportion to it not to the utmost possibility of their own vast Power Natural Causes act in proportion to the subject matter which they actuate called Sphaera Activitatis Virtutis Orbis the compass of their Power Terminus Activitatis quem propter limitatam suam agendi virtutem praeterire non pâ—ssunt Extend of Extendere Lat. to stretch out The Reception of their matter the matter which they act upon Reception Receptio Lat of Recipere Lat. to receive according to the capacity of their subject according as their matter will admit Extent Extensio Lat. a stretching out the utmost compass of Bereaving Bo. 6. v. 903. Perpetuity Perpetuitas Lat. Everlastingness In Perpetuum for ever V. 813. Ay me Alas Ahime Ital. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. all of the sighing Sound that Mourners make V. 814. Comes Thundring back c. The fear of endless Misery comes rowling back as dreadful as a Thunderbolt upon my bare Head Revolution Bo. 8. v. 31. V. 816. And incorporate both Lodged both together in one mortal Body as St. Paul says even Spiritually having the sentence of death in our selves 2 Cor. 1. 9. Oh wretch man that I am who shall deliver me from this body of death Rom. 7. 24. Incorporate Incorporatus Lat. of the same Body V. 820. So Disinherited So rob'd of the Inheritance of Sin and Shame and double Death both Temporal and Eternal an unlucky and lasting Patrimony entailed upon my Sons Patrimonium Lat. the Estate that descends from Father to Son of Pater Lat. a Father Disinherited of Dis the Privative Particle In and Haereditare Lat. to possess V. 825. Both Mind and Will deprav'd For a corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit Mat. 7. 18. Thence the Royal Psalmist's Confession Behold I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me Psal. 51. 5. Death reigned from Adam even over them that had not sin'd after the similitude of Adam's transgression Rom. 5. 14. A designation of Original Sin even in Infants as the Commentators observe Nam peccante Adamo qui omnium Parens Princeps erat in eo omnes simul peccaverunt quia omnium voluntates consensus erant collocatae in voluntate unius Adami As all the Greek and Latin Fathers agree Acquitted discharged Acquitte of Acquitter Fr. to absolve to free from blame or guilt V. 830. All my Evasions vain c. All my frivolous Excuses vain Arguments all the sly ways I try t' avoid the imputation of my guilt lead me through all their intangled Turnings but to a plainer Proof and my own Confession Absolve Bo. 7. v. 94. Evasions Bo. 2. v. 412. Disputes Reasonings Arguing of Disputare Lat. to debate Mazes Bo. 2. v. 561. Conviction V. 84. of this Book Support undergo of Sub and Pâ—rtare Lat. to bear V. 840. Beyond all past Example c. That Adam as to the consideration of his being the first Offender of all Mankind and the spreading of the Pollution and Infection of his Fault over all his Posterity might reflect on himself as most sinful and thence most miserable of all Men his Sons and so exceeding all Examples of Futurity is not hard to be conceived But that he surpass'd all past Examples which could be only the fallen Angels must be understood as an aggravation of his Guilt and the excessive Sense of and Sorrow for it by which he was overwhelmed Refuge Bo. 2. v. 168. Future Bo. 2. v. 222. Lamented Bo. 1. v. 448. V. 852. Curs'd his Creation The Day on which he was created as Job did Chap. 3. of Tardy Execution of slow Dispatch Tardus Lat. slow V. 859. Mends not her slowest pace Sequitur pede Paena â—laudo Hor. V. 866. With stern Regard With an angry Countenance Stern Bo. 8. v. 333. Regard Fr. the looks V. 870. Colour Serpentine Color Serpentinus But that thy Milky Skin of the green Serpents colour might discover the hidden Falshood that lurks underneath that fair Disguise V. 872. Pretended to Hellish Falshood Lest thy Divine Angelic Beauty disguising thy Devilish Deceitfulness ensnare ' em Pretended Pretentus Lat. drawn over like a Curtain to hide Sicanio praetenta sinâ— jacet insula AEn 3. Morti praetendere muros AEn 11. Form Forma Lat. Beauty V. 886. More to the part sinister from me drawn Taken out of my left unlucky Side as leaning and inclining to my Enemy not determined by Gen. 2. 21. The right Hand and Side is every where accounted more honourable and happy God's Power
and Snarling Gastly dreadful terrible as if Ghostly V. 847. His Famine should be fill'd and blest his Maw To hear the time should come when his famelic hungry Guts should be stuff'd and praised his mighty Maw reserved for that same lucky hour Famine of the Fr. Famine and that of Fames Lat. Hunger Maw of the Sax. Maga the Stomach Destin'd of Destinare Lat. to appoint V. 858. Into this gloom of Tartarus profound Into the dark Dungeon of deepest Hell Gloom of the Sax. Glommung Twilight Glimmering Tartarus Lat. of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the lowest deepest Pit of Hell of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to confound to disorder there being Confusions and Perturbations everlasting Bis nigra videre Tartara AEn 6. Profound Lat. Profundus deep V. 860. Inhabitant of Heaven c. Who dwelt in Heaven and am born therein Inhabitant of Inhabitare to dwell or reside in a Place Sin calls her self Heavenly born Native of the bright Regions above because the Wicked Angels sinn'd probably before the World was made as our Poet supposeth intimating that Man was Created to supply the Vacancies made in the Heavenly Quires by their Downfall and Ejection from thence as before V. 834. V. 861. Here in perpetual Agony In continual Anguish and extreme Pain Agony signifies any great Anxiety immoderate Anguish or Trouble 't is expressive of the last Efforts and Conflicts of the Soul and Body at their sad Separation of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Strife Contention such as those of the famous Games of Greece of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Certamen from the strict Discipline and the mighty Concern those Combatants had of succeeding in so renowned and public Undertakings made to signifie the most tormenting Apprehensions of Shame and Disgrace V. 864. My Author The first Founder and Inventer of Sin as Satan was of Author Lat. the Maintainer and Abetter ab Auctoritate V. 869. Voluptuous Pampered with all sensual Delights Voluptuosus Lat. given to Pleasure of Voluptas Lat. V. 873. Rouling her Bestial Train Drawing after her the Snaky Folds of which her lower Parts consisted as before Rouling of Rouler Fr. to twist and twine as Serpents do themselves moving circularly Bestial Beast-like of Bestia Lat. a Beast Train that Skirt of a Ladies Gown that draws on the Ground of Trainer Fr. to draw V. 874. The huge Portcullis Is a Gate made of Grated Iron Bars to be let slip down upon the approach of an Enemy to a City it s own weight and the Bars shapened at the bottom fix it in the Ground of Porte Fr. a Door and Coulisse Fr. for a thing made to slip up and down of Couler Fr. to slide V. 877. The intricate Wards The difficult Passages and Turnings in a Lock that hinder any other Key from passing them that is not made for the purpose Intricatus Lat. hard to hit to discover Wards of Guarder to keep to secure no one shall enter without leave V. 880. With impetuous Recoile c. In a instant Hell Gates fly open with violent rebound and jarring noise which made their grating Hinges imitate hoarse Thunder that the very Foundations shook of its dark Dungeon Impetuous Recoile with violent Repulse Impetuosus Lat. furious forcible Recoile of Reculer Fr. to force back to Retreat hastily and furiously Jarring Sound a grating Noise to Jar signifies here to make such a sound as Hinges made of Metal do by a sudden turn and mighty weight and seems to be Coined on purpose from the Noise so made 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Foribus cardo stridebat ahenis AEn 1. V. 881. On their Hinges grate harsh Thunder Horrisono stridentes carrdine sacrae Panduntur Portae AEn 6. Does not make so terrible a Noise V. 883. The lowest bottom shook of Erebus Of Hell the most profound depth of Hell Erebus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Earth or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to cover as being supposed under or in the Center of the Earth Erebi de sedibus imis Geor. 4. Pallentes umbras Erebi AEn 6. V. 885. That with extended Wings The Gates when opened were so wide that with its Wings stretch'd out and all their Colours flying with Horse and Chariots in their loosest Order ranged a Royal Army with all its square Banners might pass through them Banner'd of Banniere Fr. for a square Flag or Standard Rank'd in loose Array drawn in their open Order Rank'd Rangé Fr. Array of the Fr. Arroy Order we say In Battle array when an Army or Body of Men is drawn into Order ready to give the Onset Arroyer Fr. to order a Battel 889. Redounding Smoak c. Cast forth a mighty Smoak of Redundans excessive Parti of Redundare to abound Ruddy of the Sax. Rudu Redness Furnace of Furnax Lat. an Oven V. 891. The Secrets of the hoary Deep Before his Eyes all at once appear the inmost Chambers and the dark Recesses of the ancient Deep where Night perpetual Darkness and Chaos everlasting Confusion the Parents and Predecessors of all Created Beings dwell Hoary grey and consequently old of the Sax. Haryan to grow old and grey Secrets Secreta Lat. Things hid and unknown V. 892. Illimitable Ocean A boundless Ocean Illimitable without Bound as expounded in the end of the Verse of Limitare Lat. to bound to confine Ocean of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from its swiftness V. 894. Where eldest Night and Chaos c. Night and Chaos that is Darkness and Confusion are so near Privation and Non-entity that they might well be styled The Ancestors of the Creation Things that have no Being are as to us in unconceivable Darkness Thus Orpheus in his Hymn on Night accounted by him and many others a Goddess 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Makes her a Mother of all Things and not undeservedly since the Poets in those early Ages of the World had so little Light into the bright Original of all Things Ancestors of the Fr. Ancestres contracted of the Lat. Antecessores those that were before Predecessors V. 895. Eternal Anarchie Keep everlasting Misrule and Disorder what can be less imagined under the Empire of Darkness and Confusion Beauty and Order were the Offspring of Creation Anarchie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. the State of those that have no kind of Government among 'em where every one is Lawless and Might takes Place a State of Confusion described by the four first Qualities Hot Cold Moist and Dry Warring continually on one another V. 900. Their Embryon Atoms Their yet imperfect Atoms their unfinished and imperceiveable Individuals their imperfect Motes Embryon of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is an imperfect and shapeless Creature enclosed in its Mother or Dam's Womb of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to spring and shoot like a Plant in its first Formation Ibid. Atoms 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Things so minute and small that
reasons excellently ch 6. v. 6 and 7. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and how my self before the high God Shall I come before him with Burnt-offerings with Calves of a year old Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of Rams or with ten thousands of Rivers of Oyl Shall I give my First-born for my Transgression the Fruit of my Body for the Sin of my Soul No alas nothing less than the First-born of the Almighty The Image of the Invisible God and the First-born of every Creature Coloss. 1. 15. could attone whom God ordained to be a Propitiation for us Rom. 3. 25. Atonement under the Mosaic Law was an Offering brought to appease God's Anger by Sacrifice out of the Herd or the Flocks which was to be slain by him that offered it Lev. 1. v. 4 and 5. And he shall put his hand upon the head of the Burnt-offering and it shall be accepted for him to make Atonement for him And he shall kill the Bullock before the Lord. The Word in the Original is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and signifies Redemption or Ransom all the Judaic Immolations being Types and Figures of that Immaculate Lamb Jesus Christ The Lamb of God who taketh away the Sins of the World John 1. 29. In whom we have Redemption through his Blood Eph. 1. 7. Atonement seems a Musical Metaphor like Accord to bring Jarring Differences and Diffonancies ad Toman into Tune V. 241. On me wreck all his Rage On me let Death revenge himself with his utmost Rage Wreck of the Sax. Wpaecan to be revenged V. 249. With Corruption there to dwell According to the Prophetic Psalmist For thou wilt not leave my Soul in Hell neither suffer thy holy One to see Corruption Psal. 16. 10. Illustrated and applied to our Saviour who rose the third day by St. Peter Act. 2. v. 20 21 c. V. 253. And stoop inglorious And be humbled and subdued disgraced and disarmed of his irresistible Dart. Positis inglorius armis AEn 10. Inglorious Inglorius Lat. disgraced V. 255. Maugre Hell In spight of Hell Maugre of the Fr. Malgré against ones will of the Lat. Malé and Gratum V. 256. The Powers of Darkness bound According to the Apostle to the Colossians ch 2. v. 15. And having spoiled Principalities and Powers he made a shew of them openly triumphing over them confirmed by St. Luke ch 10. v. 17 and 18. Lord even the Devils are subject unto us through thy Name and he said unto them I saw Satan as Lightning fall from Heaven V. 259. Glut the Grave Satisfie cloy the wide gaping Grave that e're it be satisfied must devour all Mankind The last Enemy that shall be destroyed is Death 1 Cor. 15. 26. Glut of the Lat Glutire to swallow V. 269. Filial Obedience The Duty and Submission which as a Son he paid his Almighty Father exceeded only his everlasting Love to mortal Men Filial of Filialis Lat. belonging to a Son Obedientia Lat. Duty Obedience V. 273. Thus replied Answered thus Of Replicare Lat. to reply to speak again to V. 276. My sole Complacence My only Delight and Pleasure In whom alone I am well pleased Complacentia Lat. of Complacere to like well See before V. 168. of this Book V. 282. Their Nature c. Joyn and unite their Manhood to their Godhead Perfect God and perfect Man c. according to St. Athanasius's Creed V. 285. By wonderous Birth Behold a Virgin shall Conceive and bear a Son Isa. 7. 14. and Matth. 7. 18. V. 286. The Head of all Mankind thô Adam's Son The Answer to the Question with which our Saviour posed the Pharisees Matth. 22. 45. Christ is Adam's and David's Son as to his Humanity and David's and Adam's Lord as to his Divinity therefore in the holy Page styled The last Adam The first man Adam was made a living Soul the last Adam was made a quickening Spirit 1 Cor. 15. 45. V. 287. As in him perish For as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be made alive 1 Cor. 15. 22. Restored of Restaurare Lat. to renew revive V. 291. Thy Merit imputed shall absolve Thy holy Life and meritorious Death accounted and imputed to Mankind shall obtain Pardon and Forgiveness for as many as renounce their own Deserts and through Faith lay Claim to thine For as by one man's disobedience many were made Sinners so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous Rom. 5. 19. And therrfore it was imputed to him for Righteousness Now it was not written for his sake alone Abraham that it was imputed to him but for us also to whom it shall be imputed if we believe him c. Rom. 4. v. 22 23 and 24. Imputed of the Lat. Imputare to reckon to account Absolve of the Lat. Absolvere to absolve to acquit to free V. 292. Who renounce their own both Righteous For who can justifie himself before God We must all say as Job did If I be wicked woe unto me and if I be righteous yet will I not lift up my head I am full of confusion Job 10. 15. We are all an unclean thing and all our Righteousnesses are as filthy rags Isa. 64. 6. But could we do all that is commanded us we are unprofitable Servants Luke 17. 10. Renounce of the Lat. Renuntiare to forsake to disclaim V. 293. Live in the transplanted Removed from the killing Letter of the Law to the gracious Gospel that brought Life and Immortality to light pursuing the Simile used before at V. 288. of Christ being a second Root by whom we are Regenerated Transplantari Lat. to be removed as Trees are into another place a better soil V. 304. Degrade thine own Debase dishonour of Degradare Lat. to disgrace V. 307. God-like Fruition All that God enjoys Fruition of the Lat. Frui to enjoy Quitted all left forsaken all of the Fr. Quitter to leave V. 313. This Humiliation This thy humbling and debasing of thy self to redeem lost Man The greatest Humiliation sure that ever was where the Son of God made himself of no Reputation and took upon him the form of a Servant and was made in the likeness of Men And being found in fashion as a Man he humbled himself and became obedient unto Death even the Death of the Cross Phil. 2. v. 7 8. V. 314. Thy Manhood to this Throne According to our Creed As also 1 Tim. 3. 16. God was manifested in the Flesh justified in the Spirit seen of Angels preached unto the Gentiles believed on in the World received up into Glory And Ye Men of Galilee why stand ye Gazing up into Heaven This same Jesus which is taken up from you into Heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into Heaven Acts 1. 11. Hereafter shall you see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of Power and coming in the Clouds of Heaven Matth. 26. 64 V. 315. Here shalt thou sit Incarnate Here
is the Safeguard of the Sex not too stiff and incompliant yet inflexible and disdaining to descend to any Indecency or Indiscretion a little Pride being a necessary Ingredient to preserve both Body and Mind in their Native Cleanliness and Purity Coy Shy or Schewen Bel. to shun to avoid Reluctant of Reluctans Lat. struggling of Reluctari Lat. to strive V. 312. Nor those Mysterious Parts c. Those Privy Parts then were not hid All the Secrets of Heathen Religion and Philosophy were carefully concealed from the Vulgar and therefore called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mysteries not exposed to common and profane Eyes but by constant Concealment made more Awful and Majestick Our Author has well applyed it to those Parts which all Civilized Nations are justly concerned to conceal Concealed of con and celare Lat. to hide V. 313. Guilty Dishonest Shame Unseemly Shame the Off-spring of Guilt and Sin Difhonest ugly disgraceful of dis the Privative Particle and honestus Lat. comely Shame of the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because discoverable in the Face disordered by the guilty Blush V. 314. Honour dishonourable Nihil Naturale turpe is an Axiom most true That none of the Works and Acts of Nature are disgraceful yet Sinful Mankind have introduced among them Dishonest Shame and a Dishonourable sort of Honour the meer Shews and Pretences of Purity which in their first state of Simplicity and Innocence were Strangers to the World when Man absolute Master of himself of all his Thoughts and Passions that obey'd the Sovereignty of Reason dreaded no Indecency though naked because innocent still visible in Children that play naked without the Crimson Coverture of a Blush till they attain the sense of Guilty Shame V. 323. Adam the goodliest Man of Men c. That the Protoplast the first Man came most compleat out of the Hand of his Creator perfect in all the Powers and Faculties both of Body and Soul That his Consort and Derivative Eve was also accomplish'd in like manner in the full Bloom of Beauty and all the Charming Ornaments of which her Sex was capable is beyond all question That they were of Growth fit for Propagation and of Understanding capable of GOD's Commands is evident from the Benediction bestowed on 'em Gen. 1. Vers. 28. and the Injunction Gen. 2. Vers. 17. which gave rise to that Opinion of the Fathers that Adam was created of the Size that his Sons might arrive at about Fifty Years old Childhood and Youth inlarging and lessening in the times of different Longaevity and therefore doubtless they did not only excel all their Descendents as the first Originals of Mankind but as the most exact Image of their Maker while they continued in glorious Innocence which in their sinful Posterity is so defaced that the most accomplish'd of either Sex is but a dull dry Copy of those Master-Pieces of the Almighty There is in these two Verses something so plain and yet so full and so close couched that it is hard to be exprest so fully and yet so concisely Omnes stirpe suâ genitos superavit Adamus Frontis honore sui nivei dulcedine vultûs Omnes stirpe suâ genitas superaverat Eva. Hog Adamus Ante homines à se genitos pulcherrimus unus Inter formosas Eva formosissima natas Both short of the Beauty as well as Brevity of the Original V. 325. Under a Tuft of Shade Under a shady Grove that on a Green allowed the wanton Winds a whispering place c. Tuft of the Fr. Touffe de bois a little Grove Trees growing thick about a Country Seat V. 329. To recommend cool Zephyr To make the soft West-Wind more pleasing Zephyr 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as if 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the reviving Wind that awakens the Spring in Lat. Favonius Genitalis Mundi Spiritus à fovendo dictus Plin. Lib. 16. 25. The Favourite of the Poets the Inhabitant of Alcinous his Garden celebrated by Homer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sive sub incertas Zephyris motantibus umbras Virg. Ecl. 5. V. 330. Appetite more grateful Hunger more pleasant in being satisfied Hunger the best Sawce tho' seldom served to the best furnish'd Tables Appetite Appetitus Lat. of Appetere to desire to crave V. 332. Nectarine Fruits c. Delicious Fruits which the o'er-loaded bending Boughs reach'd down to them as leaning sidelong they sate on the soft yielding Bank bestrew'd with Flowers Nectarine of Nectareus Lat. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sweet like Nectar better suiting the delicious Fruits of Paradise than Helens perfumed Petticoat in Homer 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Compliant willing yielding of the Verb to comply that is to yield to agree to V. 333. Sate recline Sate leaning as the manner of the Ancients was whence accumbere Lat. to dine Recline Reclinus Lat. leaning lying down on Defigunt tellure hastās Scuta reclinant AEn 12. V. 334. Damask'd with Flowers Cover'd all o'er with Flowers Damask'd of Damassé Fr. to be wrought in Flowers like Silk or Linnen first so made at Damascus a Syrian City of great Fame now call'd Damas. V. 335. The savoury Pulp they chew They eat the soft Juicy inside of the Fruit. Savoury pleasant to the taste of savour sapor Lat. taste Pulp of Pulpa Lat. the Pith or inside of any thing that is soft as Pulpa Cassiae Jun. V. 336. Scoop the Brimming Stream And in the hollow Rind lave and take up the Brimful Stream an expedient more seemly than that of Diogenes Drinking out of his Hand V. 338. Nor Youthful Dalliance c. Nor Sportiveness and Youthful Pleasure such as becomes Young Persons joyn'd in Matrimonial State when by themselves alone Dalliance Pleasure of the Verb to Dally to play to divert one derived by some of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to flourish Youth being the fittest time for Dalliance others of Delay to while and pass the time away alluding to the Fr. Phrase Passer son envie Nuptial League Marriage the Covenant enter'd into by the Married Couple Nuptialis Lat. of Nuptiae Lat. a Wedding V. 340. Frisking play'd Danced and play'd about 'em endeavouring to divert their Lords Frisque Fr. brisk lively nimble V. 341. Of all Chase Of all sorts of Game such as are hunted since either for Sport or Prey of Chasser Fr. to hunt to pursue V. 343. Sporting the Lyon Ramp'd The Lyon ramping sported and play'd standing upright A Lyon Rampant is by the Heralds drawn standing on his hinder Legs and pawing with the other two although it be derivable of the Fr. Remper to creep V. 344. Dandl'd the Kid Play'd with and danc'd the Kid of the Ger. Danten or the Fr. Dandiner to play with as Nurses do with Children 'T is the general Opinion and highly probable that before Adam violated the Command of his Maker there was an Universal Peace even among the fiercest Beasts throughout the whole Creation but Sin being the Parent of Death disturbed that
likeness Gen. 1. 26. Many are the curious Enquiries concerning the Image of God in which Man was Creaâ—d Some have thought it to consist in the Dominion given him over the rest of the Creation Finxit in effigiem moderantum cuncta deorum Meta. lib. 1. Others in his Reason Free-Will and Immortal Soul Zanchius has presumed to say there was Nulla pars in homine quae non fuerit hujus Imaginis particeps but Cicero though a Heathen had a nobler Idea of the Deity who tells us Ad Similitudinem Dei propius accedebat humana virtus quam figura The clearest account of this Heavenly Image and Divine Similitude in which Man was made that he was Created as to his Soul an Incorporeal Immortal and Intelligent Being Endowed with Understanding Memory and Free-Will capable of Wisdom Virtue Divine Grace and everlasting Happiness and dignified with Dominion over all the lower Orders of the Creation placed in the highest Degree of Nature though infinite descents beneath the Purity and Perfection of God his Creator To this glorious Image of the first Adam soon depraved and sullied by Sin St. Paul seems to allude Be renew'd in your spirit of the minds and that ye put on that new man which after God is created in Righteousness and true Holiness Eph. 4. 23 24. V. 525. Thee O Man dust of the Ground According to the Hebrew 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And the Lord God formed Man if the Dust of the Ground Gen. 2. 7. to which Job alludes Remember I beseech thee that thou hast made me as the Clay chap. 10. v. 9. that is originally in the Protoplast Form'd Formare Lat. to make fashion Adam Book III. Vers. 734. V. 528. Express and t ou becamest a living Soul In his own Image plainly stampt on thee and thou becamest a Man consisting of an Earthly Body and a Rational and Immortal Soul the Breath of Life with which God inspired thee Gen. 2. 7. Express Expresse Lat. plainly manifestly V. 529. Male he created thee c. Gen. 1. 27. V. 530. Then Bless'd Mankind Gen. 1. 28. V. 545. Death is the Penalty Death is the Punishment of thy Transgression Penalty Paenalitas Lat. of Paena Lat. Punishment V. 552. Desisting though unwearied Ceasing to Create any more according to his eternal Decree though not wearied as weak Mortality every day tired and exhausted Natural Causes exert their utmost Ability and act in proportion to their Power but the God of Nature who is Infinite in Power Goodness and Wisdom compleated the Creation on the Sixth day according to the Wisdom of his Eternal Will not the Infinitude of his Almighty Power Desisting Desistere Lat. to cease to leave of V. 557. Answering his great Idea Agreeing with his Eternal Wisdom Exemplar ad quod facta sunt singula est aeterna illa notitia rerum omnium quam Deus semper apud se habuit ab aeterno conceptam factam autem nunquam Val. de Sac. Philo. c. 2. The Lord possessed me Wisdom in the beginning of his way before his works of old I was set up from everlasting from the beginning or ever the Earth was Prov. 8. 22 23 Idea 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to see the Conception or Formation of any thing in the Mind or Imagination Idea est eorum quae natura fiunt exemplar aeternum according to Plato Mens sola cernit quod semper est simplex uniusmodi tale quale est Hanc Graeci Ideam vocant nos rectè speciem possumus dicere Cic. Quaest. Tusc. V. 559. The sound Symphonious c. With a loud Consort of Ten Thousand Harps that made a Harmony most Divine Symphonious Symphonious Lat. of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. to sound in Consort to Sing or Play together Constellations Book VI. Vers. 320. V. 563. The Planets in their Stations list'ning stood That the Heavenly Harmony should stay the listning Planets is not more Poetical than that two Singing Shepherds should stop the Rivers course Et mutata suos requierunt flumina cursus Ecl. 7. Stations Spheres as Statio Syderum Pli. l. 2. c. 16. not that they stand still but that the Stars are there stative fixt and move round with them V. 564. Pomp ascended Jubilant While the bright Train ascended up to Heaven shouting for Joy Jubilant Of Jubilare Lat. to rejoyce with Songs and Shouts Pomp Book I. Vers. 372. V. 565. Open the everlasting Gates Psal. 24. 7. and 9. V. 568. Magnificent Magnificus magna faciens according to the Psalmist O Lord how great are thy Works Psal. 92. 5. V. 577. Whose Dust is Gold and Pavement Stars This is imitated from the Description of the new Jerusalem Revel 21. 21. And the Street of the City was pure Gold as it were transparent Glass That is clear and shining like the Stars that make the Milky way V. 579. Seen in the Galaxie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lacteus Circulus the Milky way so named of its colour Of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. Milk The Poets feign'd that young Hercules having Suckt too much of Juno's Milk threw it up and gave that Complexion to that part of Heaven E niveo lactis fluxisse colorem Pectore Reginae Divum coelumque liquore Infecisse Quapropter Lacteus orbis Dicitur nomen causa descendit ab ipsa Mar. Manil. This white Circle was for many Ages held to be a Portion of the Heaven so much thicker than rhe rest that it was able to reflect the Rays of the Sun and Stars whence its brightness was thought to have taken Being But Galileo's Glass plainly discovered it to be a vast assembly of innumerable Stars with which that Circle is Sowed or Pouder'd which are so small and at so great a distance from us that they appear like one great shining Cloud disappointing the distinction of the Eye sight Zone Book II. Vers. 398. V. 590. Of Omnipresence Omnipraesentia Lat. the Infinite Presence of God Almighty in all Places Excellently described Psal. 139. 7. c. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit Or whither shall I fly from thy Presence c. and Amos 9. 2 3 4. V. 592. Hallow'd the Seaventh day Sanctified it and separated it from the Business and Cares that take up other days and appointed and appropriated this day to his own Solemn Service Not dedicated to Ease and Idleness as the scosfing Heathen imagined Cui septima quaeque fuit lux Ignava vitae partem non attigit ullam Juv. But set apart for Gods Worship Works of Praise Charity Instruction c. Solemnized by Angels first as our Author at Vers. 601. Creation and the Six days acts they Sung taking the hint probably from that of Job 38. 7. When the Morning Stars sung together and all the Sons of God shouted for joy V. 596 All Organs of sweet stop All Instruments of sweetest Sound Of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gr. an Instrument not here meant of that so