tempt, and occafion'd our Fall. Henceforward we know his Might and our own, fo as neither to provoke him to new War, or very much to fear War, being provok'd. Our better Part remains, we are ftill able by close Design, by Fraud, or Guile, to bring to pafs what we could not effect by Force; fo that he at length may come to learn from us, that he who overcomes by Force, has overcome but Half his Foe. Time may produce new Worlds, of which there went a common Report in Heaven, that before it was long he intended to create one, and therein fix a Generation, whom his choice Regard fhould favour equal with the Angels in Heaven: Thither, if it be but to pry, fhall perhaps be our firft Sally; thither, or elsewhere, for this infernal Pit fhall never hold celeftial Spirits in Slavery, nor the Abyss cover us long under Darkness: But a full Council, and a good Deliberation among us, muft bring thefe Thoughts to Perfection: Peace is defpair'd of, for who can think of fubmitting? War then, either proclaim'd or defign'd, must be refolv'd on. SATAN finish'd his Speech, and in Approbation of his Words were drawn Millions of flaming Swords, from the Thighs of mighty Cherubim. The füdden Blaze made a Light in Hell: They rag'd highly against the HIGHEST, and grafping their founding Shields fiercely in their Arms, beat an Alarm for War, hurling them with Defiance towards Heaven. С НА Р. CHA P. IV. The Affociates of Satan build Pandemonium, and the infernal Peers fit there in Council. N OT far off there was a Mountain, from whofe Top rolling Smoak and Fire proceeded; the other Parts of it firm and the Surface of it fhone with a bright Glofs; (an undoubted Sign that in it was contain'd mineral Ore, ripen'd by Sulphur) thither, with Speed, repair'd a Multitude of the Devils; juft as Bands of Pioneers (b) march before a Royal Camp, arm'd with Spades and Pickaxes, to trench a Field or caft a Rampart. MAMMON (i) led them on; he was the vileft and darkest Spirit that fell from Heaven, for even in Heaven his Looks and Thoughts were always inclin'd downward, admiring more the Riches of Heaven's Pavement, (k) which (b) Pioneers or Pioniers; Fr. a Milit. T. Labourers going before an Army, to dig up Trenches, to level Ways, undermine Castles, &c. E 2 (i) Mammon; Phan. Carthag. from the Heb. i. e Riches. The God of Plenty and Wealth among the Phenicians, Hebrews, &c. The Pluto of the Greeks and Romans. He is beautifully painted here, and his Name is repeated, to add the greater Force to the Sense. (k) Pavement; Ital. Sp. Lat. i. e. Beaten or trod on ; a paved Floor, a Causeway, a GroundRoom in a House. Here, the Floor of Heaven, reprefented by St. John to be paved with pure Gold, which Mammen lik'd beft. See Revel. And the Building of the Wall of it was of Jafper; and the City was pure Gold, like unto clear Glafs. And the Foundations of the Wall of the City were garnish'd with all Manner of precious Stones. The firft Foundation was Jafper, the fecond a Saphire, the third a Chalcedony, the fourth an Eme rald. The fifth Sardonyx, the fixth Sardius, the feventh Chry. folite, the eighth Beryl, the ninth a Topaz, the tenth a Chry foprafus, the eleventh a Jacinct, the twelfth an Amethyst. And the twelve Gates were twelve Pearls; every feveral Gate was of one Pearl; and the Street of the City was pure Gold, as it were transparent Glab. which was pure Gold, than any Thing spiritual, or belonging to GOD, or to be enjoy'd in beatific Vifion: First taught by his Suggeftion, MAN alfo examin'd, and with wicked Hands rifled the Bowels of the Earth, to find out Gold and other Riches, which had better have lain there ftill. The Crew of MAMMON had foon open'd into the Mountain a large Paffage, and digg'd out Gold; (let No-body admire that Riches grew in Hell, fince that Soil may beft fuit with the Root of all Evil) and here let those who boaft in mortal Things, and talk with Wonder about BABEL (1) BABYLON, and the Pyramids of EGYPT, (m) learn how their greatest Pieces of Architecture, built for Fame with Strength and Art, are eafily outdone by reprobate Spirits; who can perform in one Hour, what they in an Age, with continual Labour and innumerable Hands, fcarcely can. A SECOND Multitude, not far off on the Plain, in many Pits, that underneath them had Streams of melted Fire iffuing from the Lake, with wonderful Art produc'd the maffy Ore, feperating each Kind, and fcumming the Drofs. A third Party, at the fame Time, form'd within the Ground various Moulds, and by a strange Conveyance from the boiling Pits, fill'd every hollow Place; as in an Organ () from one Blast of Wind, the Sound-Board breathes to a. great many Rows of Pipes. Presently a very large, and mighty Building rofe out of the Earth, like an Exhalation, at the Sound of pleasant Symphonies and fweet Voices: It was built like a Temple, where Pi-, lafters (0) were fet round, and DORIC (p) Pillars overlaid with golden Architrave: (q) The Roof was fretted (r) Gold, nor was there any Want of Cornice, (s) or Freeze, (t) engrav'd with boffy (u) Or-. naments: BABYLON (x) nor GRAND CAIRO. E 3 (y) never Gen. 4. 21. and very much us'd by the Ancients, Job 21. 12. Pfalm 150. 4. (0) Pilafters; Fr. Ital. from the Lat. i. e. Little Pillars. A T. of Archit. A Kind of fquare Pillar made to jut out of the Wall of any curious Fabrick. () Doric; Fr. Lat. Gr. i. e. of or belonging to the Dores. A Term of Archit. It is one of the five Orders of Architecture, from Dorus King of the Dorians in Achaia, who built a magnificent Temple to Juno at Argi, which was the firft Model of this Order. (1) Architrave; Fr. Gr. i. e. The chief Head of a Pillar. A T. of Archit. It is a Moulding next above the Chapiter or Head of a Column or Pillar. (r) Fretted; Ital. Fr. from the Lat. A T. of Archit. An Ornament of two Lifts interwoven and at an equal Distance, with feveral Breaks and Indentures, i. e. All this Workmanship was of pure folid Gold. tending out like an Horn or Point in Building. (t) Freeze or Frieze; Fr. i. e. A Ruff or Fringe. AT. of Archit. It is the round and broad Band of a Pillar, between the. Architrave and the Cornice. (u) Bolly; Fr. belonging to a Bofs, i. e. A Knob or Stub fwelling out. Another Term of Architecture. (x) Babylon; Heb. from Babel, i. e. Confufion. A very noble and antient City in Chaldea," upon a vast Plain, built near the old Tower upon the Euphrates: It was founded by Nimrod before the Separation and Confufion of Languages, Gen. 10. 10. therefore that Country is called the Land of Nimrod, Micah 5: 6. But was augmented, beautified, and fortified by Ninus, Semira-" mis, Nebuchadnezzar, &c. and that's the Reason why leveral Hiftorians afcribe the Foundation of it to different Princes. It' was the Metropolis of Affyria," 'till Seleucia eclips'd the Glory of it, and the firft Seat of Monarchy in the World. The Walls of it were 60 Miles in Circuit, 50 Cubits high, and 87 Foot thick, (y) never equall'd in all their Glory fuch Magnificence, tho' to enfhrine BELUS (z) or SERAPIS, (a) which were their Gods; or whether it were Seats for their Kings, when EGYPT ftrove with ASSYRIA (b) in Wealth, Superfluity, and Luxury. The infernal Palace which the Devils had built, was of a pompous Height, and presently the Doors opening their brazen Folds, dif thick, fo that feveral Coaches might pass upon them, and esteemed one of the feven Wonders of the World. This was the oldeft, largeft, moft magnificent, and famous City upon Earth, 'till it was ruin'd by Cyrus, Darius, Seleucus, Orodes, and Alexander the Great; he took it, found immenfe Treasures therein, ftaid a whole Year, and dy'd there. It is above 40 Miles South-Eaft from Bagdat, which is upon the Tygris, and is often miftaken for the old Babylon; and about 680 Miles from Jerufalem Eaftward. It hath been ruinous Heaps, and Dens of wild, favage Beafts, Serpents, and other venomous Creatures, for many Ages paft, fo that Tra. vellers dare not approach it, as Jeremiah and other Prophets foretold; because of the Idolatry, Cruelty, Oppreffion, Pride, and other heinous Crimes of its Inhabitants. () Grand Cairo, Alcairo, or Alcabera; Arab. i. e. victorious or triumphant; becaule Muaxxus founded it in the Afcendant of Mars, who conquers the World. Others from Al, the, and Ker, City, i. e. The City, by Way of Eminence. The French call it Grand Cairo, i. e. The great Ci cover'd ty. It is the chief City of Egypt now, built out of the Ruins of the old Memphis, on the Eaft Side of the Nile, but Memphis ftood on the Weft Side and a little below it, above the firft Divifion of that River. Old Cairo was upon the Bank of the River, but new Cairo is about three. Miles from it. (%) Belus; Heb. i. e. Lord. The Son of Nimrod, the fecond King of Babylon, and the firit Man thatwas deify'd after Death. He began to reign A. M. 1879, and died A. M. 1914. (a) Serapis; Heb. i. e. A Prince or Ox. The fame as Apis, in the old Egyptian Language, from Ab, Heb. i. e. A Father: For Jofeph faid, I am a Father to Pharoah, Gen. 45 8. An antient King and God of Egypt, thought to be Jofeph in Fable; being reprefented with the Figure of an Ox, with the Sun and Moon, and as a Youth with a Bufhel and a Cup. All this agrees exactly to the Character and Station of that worthy Deliverer of their Nation, and provident Statefman. Herodot. Lib. 3. C. 28. Diodor. Sicul. 1. (b) Affyria; Heb. i. e. Bleffed, from Affur the Son of Sem, Gen. |