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Into thir substance pent, which wrought them pain
To honour his Anointed Son avengd
Upon his enemies, and to declare
Th Assessor of his Throne he thus began.
Under the weight of Mountains buried deep,
Hurld to and fro with jaculation dire, [ 665 ]
Up lifting bore them in thir hands: Amaze,
(For Earth hath this variehttp://www.99lib.netty from Heavn [ 640 ]
Infernal noise; Warr seemd a civil Game
Till on those cursed Engins triple-row [ 650 ]
Betook them, and the neighbouring Hills uptore;
From thir foundations loosning to and fro
Implacable, and many a dolorous groan,
Out of such prison, though Spirits of purest light, [ 660 九_九_藏_书_网]
Consulting on the sum of things, foreseen
This tumult, and permitted all, advisd:
Had gone to wrack, with ruin overspred, [ 670 ]
Which God hath in his mighty Angels placd)
Thir armor helpd thir harm, crusht in and bruisd
Purest at first, now gross by sinning grown.
Long strugling underneath, ere they could wi99lib•netnd
Had not th Almightie Father where he sits
They saw them whelmd, and all thir confidence
To this uproar; horrid confusion heapt
All power on him transferrd: whence to his Son
They pluckt the seated Hills with all thir load,
Shrind in his Sanctuarie of Heavn secure,
Main Promontories flung, which in the Air
That his g
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Themselves invaded next, and on thir heads
Upon confusion rose: and now all Heavn
The bottom of the Mountains upward turnd,
Thir Arms away they threw, and to the Hills
Of pleasure situate in Hill and Dale)
Rocks, Waters, Woods, and by the shaggie tops [ 645 ]
Light as the Lightning gl
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imps they ran, they flew,That under ground, they fought in dismal shade;
Came shadowing, and opprest whole Legions armd, [ 655 ]
Forthwith (behold the excellence, the power
So Hills amid the Air encounterd Hills
Be sure, and terrour seisd the rebel Host,
The rest in imitation to like Armes
When coming towards them so dread they saw