Illustrious farr and by his own
First seen, ted joy surprizd,
Ensign of Messiah blazd [ 775 ]
Aloft by Angels born, his Sign in heavn:
Under w Michael soon reducd
her ing,
Under thir head imbodied all in one.
Before him Power Divine his way prepard; [ 780 ]
At ed ird
Eaco
Obsequious, ed face renewd,
And s hill and Valley smild.
t stood obdurd, [ 785 ]
And to rebellious fighir Powers
Insensate, hope conceiving from despair.
In s could such perverseness dwell?
But to convince t Signs availe,
Or onders move te to relent? [ 790 ]
t mig reclame,
Grieving to see t
took envie, and aspiring to h,
Stood reimbattelld fierce, by force or fraud
eening to prosper, and at length prevaile [ 795 ]
Against God and Messiao fall
In universal ruin last, and now
to final Battel dre,
Or faint retreat; w Son of God
to all on eithus spake. [ 800 ]
Stand still in brigs, and
Ye Angels armd, ttel rest;
Faith been your warfare, and of God
Accepted, fearless in eous Cause,
And as ye have receivd, so have ye don [ 805 ]
Invincibly; but of this cursed crew
t to other hand belongs,
Vengeance is s;
Number to t ordaind
Nor multitude, stand onely and behold [ 810 ]
Gods indignation on these Godless pourd
By mee, not you but mee they have despisd,
Yet envied; against mee is all thir rage,
Because t whom in heavn supream
Kingdom and Poains, [ 815 ]
o his will.