wide interfus'd / Imbracing round this florid Earth' (7.88-90).

He asks about the stars, which he describes as 'moving Fires adorn'd / Innumerble,' (7.87-88) and about the air 'which yeelds or fills / All space. In the lines, 'Not to explore the secrets aske / Of his Eternal Empire, but the more / To magnifie his works, the more we know,' (7.95-97) Adam asserts that information from Raphael will make it so that mankind will understand God's might and worship Him even more than they currently do. He tells Raphael that his message came at a good time, which implies that Adam believed he and Eve may have transgressed already had the warning come any later. In the beginning of the section from lines 70-108, Adam thanks Raphael for relaying his information about what will happen if he and Eve disobey God, and for telling the story of the war in Heaven.

Adam has a new thirstįor knowledge and asks Raphael of the world: “When, and whereof created, for what cause, / To tell him of “how this World / Of Heav’n and Earth” came to be. That Adam had in his faith were quickly repealed, and we are told that Adam wants Raphael Hate or war can exist “so neer the Peace of God”. Listen to the stories of apostasy in heaven with disbelief as it seems unimaginable that Both Milton and the Book of Genesis outline that this fate will be determined byĪdam and Eve's will to resist eating the fruit from the “interdicted tree”. The speaker wishes to know if theĪrchangel has forewarned Adam of the example of apostasy that has taken place in HeavenĪnd if Adam is aware of the consequences that will befall man should he choose a similarįate. In lines 40-69, the speaker continues to invoke the muse Urania with the intention ofīringing the story back to that of Raphael and Adam.

This clarification seemed to be nessisary so as to maintain the Christian basis of the document despite the use of sources that are at least partially based in classical mythology. The muse chosen is Urania and she is explained as being from heaven despite being a Greek Goddess, as is stated: 'For thou art Heavn'ly' (7. The speaker is speaking in the opening lines of Book 7, and these lines deal with the legitimizing of a muse invoked.

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