Raphael Conversing with Adam and Eve: Martin 1824-26

Title: Raphael Conversing with Adam and Eve Author: John Martin Date: 1824-26 Medium: Mezzotint Condition: Excellent Inches: 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 [Image] Centimeters: 27.31 x 19.05 [Image] Product ID: 100280 From The Paradise Lost of John Milton (pub. 1846), Book 5, Line 519 God has foreseen Adam and Eve's temptation and fall; knowing that Satan draws near to them, He sends the Archangel Raphael to warn mankind of the dangers that approach. "To whom the Angel. Son of Heav'n and Earth,Attend: That thou art happie, owe to God;That thou continu'st such, owe to thy self,That is, to thy obedience; therein stand.This was that caution giv'n thee; be advis'd.God made thee perfet, not immutable;And good he made thee, but to persevereHe left it in thy power, ordaind thy willBy nature free, not over-rul'd by FateInextricable, or strict necessity;Our voluntarie service he requires,Not our necessitated, such with himFinds no acceptance, nor can find, for howCan hearts, not free, be tri'd