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 Thus Satan's Bait of raiſing Man more high,

Procur'd his Fall, and made him low to ly.

His Eyes were open'd now to ſee his Shame,

Through Sin that did his Nakedneſs proclaim;

A guilty Conſcience did upon him ſeize,

Which made him run to hide among the Trees.

Of God, in whom his chiefeſt Comfort lay,

He's now afraid, and fain would fly away.

His inward Peace, Joy and Tranquility,

All in a Moment quickly off did fly:

His Tides of outward Conſolations, they

As ſoon abated and decay'd away.

Now his Dominion o'er the Creatures, he

Did loſe it alſo in a great Degree.

The Lion againſt him did ne'er rebel,

'Till Adam firſt from his Perfection fell.

The Earth alſo by him that did it make,

Was curs'd for the rebellious Creature's Sake,

Tho' it before did of its own Accord

All Things produce unto its Sovereign Lord.

Now of its Fruit he muſt not henceforth eat,

'Till it he earn with Labour, Toil and Sweat;

And as a Fruit of Man's Offence, the Field

Thorns and Thirties unto him ſhould yield.

Now of Earth's Fruit, the great Creator ſays,

Man now muſt eat in Sorrow all his Days;

And as from Duſt he taken was, ſo then

To Duſt he alſo must return again.

And Death, with all the Ills which it preceed,

Are all dire Effects of this fatal Deed

Of Man's Tranſgreſſion. But who can expreſs

What Adam now did loſe of Happineſs,

Heaven above, and Paradiſe below.

At once Man forfeit with tranſgreſſing ſo