...fire." If we may credit Milton, the devils had some knowledge of this ; for he says, They reasoned high Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate...free-will, fore-knowledge absolute ; An'd found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Providence neither promised nor afforded them perpetual support; To free-will...

...Milton drops some hints of it in his second book of Paradise Lost. Others apart sat on a hill rctir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, FLx'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Line 557....

...perplexity, makes a kind of labyrinth in the very words that describe it. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of Providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate,Fix'd fate, free-will, fore-knowledge absolute, And found no en'l, in wand'ring mazes lost, *iA...

...with this abstruse inquiry: Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate,...free-will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Jfo. l. Vol. III. I Those who, notwithstanding the opinion of Milton, still think...

...Of providi-ncc, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute; 5CO And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory' and shame ; Vain wisdom...

...reader will immediately call to mind the occupation of the fallen angels in Milton — Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and...high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixt fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute; And found no end in wandering mazes lost. Of good and...

...loses himself in the clouds of beau ideal, and the metaphysics of Kant, and of Milton's devils, Who reason'd high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will and...fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no rest, in endless mazes lost. . i He sometimes thinks of anchorites, and reads the lives of the fathers...

...makes a kind of labyrinth in the very words that describe it. " Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence,...free-will, fore-knowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." N" 115. TUESDAY, JANUARYS, 1709-10. -Nmmm inlervenit vitivm et calamitas, Ut...

...damned spirits about such work as this, and bas made it a part of their endless punishment. Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate ;...reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, ana fate: ¥'a.'dfale, free-will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end in wand'ring mazes lost....

...the power of moral principles in determining the volitions of a moral agent. Instead of ' Reasoning high Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate,...Fix'd fate, free-will, fore-knowledge, absolute, And find no end in wandering mazes lost, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy ;' Let us endeavour to acquire...