...their making, or their Fate; As if Predestination over-rul'd Their will, dispos'd by absolute Decree Or high foreknowledge; they themselves decreed Their...had no influence on their fault, Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown.38 This passage tries to reconcile freedom with prejudice, and the consequence...

...fall. Blurring the distinction between the fallen angels and humanity yet to fall, the Father observes, They trespass, Authors to themselves in all Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves: I else must change...

...British Christianity in the seventeenth century) and God's omniscience. Says the Father to the Son: . . . they themselves decreed Their own revolt, not I: if...foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. (III:116-18) The poem covers the story of *creation, *fall, and ^redemption, what Leopold Damrosch...

...over-rul'd Thir will, dispos'd by Absolute Decree Or high foreknowledge; they themselves decreed Thir own revolt, not I: if I foreknew. Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Which had no less prov'd certain unforeknown. 41 Yet (an Aristotelian logician might ask; see On Interpretation i8a33fT.)...

...shadows. PART I Locating Protestantism Waingapu, East Sumba, 1986. Photo by Webb Keane. 1 Religion's Reach They trespass, Authors to themselves in all, Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves. J0HN MILT0N, Paradise...

...shadows. PART I Locating Protestantism Waingapu, East Sumba, 1986. Photo by Webb Keane. Religion's Reach They trespass, Authors to themselves in all, Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I form'd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves. JOHN MILTON, Paradise...