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The Argument.

and by degrees explains, who that Seed of the Woman ſhall be; his Incarnation, Death, Reſurrection, and Aſcention; the ſtate of the Church till his ſection Coming, Adam greatly ſatisfied and recomforted by theſe Relations and Promiſes deſends the Hill with Michael; wakens Eve, who all this while had ſlept, but with gentle dreams compos'd to quietneſs of mind and ſubmiſſion. Michael in either hand leads them out of Paradiſe, the fiery Sword waving behind them, and the Cherubim taking thir Stations to guard the Place.


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