onothersuretynone:freelyweserve,</p>

becausewefreelylove,asinourwill</p>

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andsoarefallen,todisobediencefallen,</p>

andsofroeaventodeepesthell;ofall</p>

froighstateofbliss,intowoe</p>

treatprogenitor.thywords</p>

attentive,andoredelightedear,</p>

diviructer,ihaveheard,thanwhen</p>

neighbhills</p>

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paradiselost</p>

148of374</p>

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yetthattolove</p>

ourker,andobeyhiand</p>

singleisyetsojust,nstantthoughts</p>

assured,andstillassure:thoughthoutellest</p>

hathpassedinheaven,sodoubteve,</p>

butredesiretohear,ifthou,</p>

thefullrelation,ustneedsbestrange,</p>

hyofsacredsileobeheard;</p>

andlargeday,forsethesun</p>

hathfinishedhalfhisjouey,andsebegins</p>

hisotherhalfinthegreatzoneofheaven.</p>

thusadaaderequest;andraphael,</p>

aftershortpauseassenting,thusbegan.</p>

hightterthouenjoi,opriofn,</p>

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andperfectheystoodhounfold</p>

thesecretsofanotherworld,perhaps</p>

notlaorevealyetfood</p>

thisisdispensed;andountsthereach</p>

ofhunsense,ishalldelieso,</p>

bylikeningspiritualtorporalfor,</p>

asyexpresstheest;thoughifearth</p>

bebutashadohingstherein</p>

eaorethahisthought</p>

asyetthis,andchaoswild</p>

paradiselost</p>

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rests</p>

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totion,asuresallthingsdurable</p>

bypresent,past,andfuture,onsuchday</p>

asheaveyearbringsforth,theeyrealhost</p>

ofangelsbyierialsuonscalled,</p>

innurablebeforethealghtysthrone</p>

forthalltheendsofheaven,appeared</p>

uheirhierarordersbright:</p>

tenthousandthousandensignshighadvanced,</p>

standardsandgonfalonstvanandrear</p>

streantheair,andfordistinserve</p>

ofhierarchies,oforders,anddegrees;</p>

orintheirglitteringtissuesbearilazed</p>

holyrials,actsofzealandlove</p>

rerdedehuswheninorbs</p>

ofuitinexpressibletheystood,</p>

orbhinorb,thefatherinfinite,</p>

byinblissiosodsattheson,</p>

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brightnesshaddeinvisible,thusspake.</p>

hear,allyeangels,progenyoflight,</p>

thrones,donations,princedo,virtues,powers;</p>

heardecree,and.</p>

thisdayihavebegotideclare</p>

onlyson,andonthisholyhill</p>

hiaveanointed,yenowbehold</p>

paradiselost</p>

150of374</p>

atrighthand;yourheadihippoint;</p>

andbyselfhavesshallbow</p>

allkneesinheaven,andshallnfesshiord:</p>

underhisgreatvicegerentreignabide</p>

united,asoneindividualsoul,</p>

foreverhappy:hihodisobeys,</p>

disobeys,breaksunion,andthatday,</p>

godand</p>

...</p>