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tothuschael.justlythouabhorrest</p>

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rationalliberty;yetknohal,</p>

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islost,hrightreasondwells</p>

paradiselost</p>

355of374</p>

therhathnodividualbeing:</p>

reasoninnobscured,ootobeyed,</p>

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andupstartpassio</p>

froeason;andtoservitudereduce</p>

n,tilltheherefore,sis</p>

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overfreereason,god,injudgentjust,</p>

subjectshiroouttoviolentlords;</p>

asundeservedlyenthrall</p>

hisout:tyrannystbe;</p>

thoughtothetyranttherebynoexcuse.</p>

yetsotisnationslinesolow</p>

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deprivestheftheirouty;</p>

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doohisfather,heardthisheavycurse,</p>

servantofservants,onhisvie.</p>

thuserworld,</p>

stilltendfroadtoillgodatlast,</p>

heiriniquities,hdraw</p>

hispresenongthea</p>

hisholyeyes;resolvingfroheh</p>

toleavetheotheiroedways;</p>

andonepeculiaatio</p>

frolltherest,oftobeinvoked,</p>

anationfrohfulnt:</p>

paradiselost</p>

356of374</p>

hinthissideeuphratesyetresiding,</p>

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stthoubelieveshouldbesostupidgrown,</p>

thepatriarchlived,heflood,</p>

astoforsakethelivinggod,andfall</p>

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fodsyethiodthesthighvouchsafes</p>

tohisfathershouse,</p>

hiskindred,andfalsegods,intoaland</p>

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aghtynation;anduponhihower</p>

hisbeionso,thatinhisseed</p>

allnationsshallbeblest:hestraightobeys;</p>

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iseehibutthoustnot,hfaith</p>

heleaveshisgods,hisfriends,andnativesoil,</p>

urofchaldaea,passingnoheford</p>

toharan;afterhicuroustrain</p>

ofherdsandflocks,andnurousservitude;</p>

nottrustingallhish</p>

hgod,,inalandunknown.</p>

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pit,andtheneighbplain</p>

ofreh;therebyprosehereceives</p>

gifttohisprogenyofallthatland,</p>

froathnorthothedesartsouth;</p>

thingsbytheiasied;</p>

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jordan,trueliteasthissons</p>

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thispohatallnationsoftheearth</p>

shallinhisseedbeblessed:bythatseed</p>

isantthygreatdeliverer,whoshallbruise</p>

theserpentshead;otheeanon</p>

plainliershallberevealed.thispatriarchblest,</p>

faithfulabrahauetishallcall,</p>

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