P4 The Hist o KY Chap, r« 



'Tis here that Love and Innocence, Virtue 

 and Good Manners fport promifcuoufly with 

 their Contrarieties ^ and the greateft Emperor 

 iinds an allowable Gratification of his Ambi- 

 tion, when mixd with any due Regard to 

 his Maker. 'Twas not the Grandeur of ^^^- 

 buchadnezzar^s Gardens, but the vain Exalta- 

 tion of his Heart, that forcd him to that 

 . unwelcome Exile and terrible Doom men- 

 tioned in Scripture. 



But for the truly Virtuous, let them de- 

 fcribe, if poflible, that Eafe, Indolence,, and 

 Tranquillity of Mind, thofe pious Thoughts 

 and leraphick Tranfports that flow from the 

 quiet, eafie, uninterrupted Enjoyment they 

 meet with in their Gardens, or other their 

 Country Amufements, in the afcending 

 Gradations of a gay frefli Morning, or 

 the expiring Moments of a cool Summer's 

 Evening. 



And within doors, how many fweet and 

 friendly Converfations^ how many bufie and 

 delightful Minutes this divine Relifti, we 

 may fuppofe our Fir ft Parents enjoyed m 

 their State of Innocence, ev'n in the laborious 

 and toilfome part of their Lives, and how 

 terrible their Apprehenfions were, upon the 

 News of their Departure from Paradife, is 

 excellently defcrib'd by Milton, in his Para- 

 diJeLofi. " We fee them (fays a late In- 

 '' genious Author, in his Comment on that 

 ." admirable Poem) gradually pafling from the 

 " Triumph of their Guilt, through Remorfe, 



'' Fear, 



