5.Plate 5-6
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough
to be
restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place ＆
governs the
unwilling. And being restrain'd, it by degrees becomes passive,
till it is
only the shadow of desire. The history of this is written in
Paradise
Lost,＆ the governor or reason is call'd Messiah. and the
original
Archangel, or possessor of the command of heavenly host, is
call'd the
Devil or Satan, and his children are call'd Sin ＆ Death. But in
the book
of Job, Milton's Messiah is call'd Satan. For this history has
been
adopted by both parties. It indeed appear'd to reason as if
desire was
cast out, but the Devil's account is, that the Messiah fell ＆
formed a
heaven of what He stole from the abyss. This is shewn in the
gospel, where
He prays to the Father to send the comforter, or desire, that
reason may
have ideas to build on, the Jehovah of the bible being no other
than (the
Devil den). he who dwells in flaming fire, know that after
Christ's
death, he became Jehovah. But in Milton, the father is destiny,
the son, a
ratio of the five senses,＆ the holy-ghost, vacuum! Note： the
reason
Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of angels ＆ God. And at
liberty when
of devils ＆ hell, is because he was a true poet and of the
Devil's party
without knowing it.
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