...offspring1 of hearen first-born ; Or of lli' eternal co-eternal bean, May 1 express thee unblam'd ? since God is light And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in tliee, (. Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or near'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream,...

...here, inquires of him the place of his hahitation, and is directed : alights first on Mount Niphates. HAIL, holy Light! offspring of Heaven first-born,...bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, • Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the Heavens thou wert,...

...of the lyre, political enmity itself must have lost its rancour whilst listening to these strains ! Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven first-born,...of the Eternal, coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then...

...Inunires of htm the place of hii hahitatinn, and ii direeted : Alights fint on monnt Niphales. HAIL, boly Light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of the Eternal...bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the Heavens thou wert, and...

...with what mysterious reverence does he treat of the bright attribute of flame ! " Hail, holy Light ! " Of the Eternal, co-eternal beam, " May I express thee...then in thee ; " Bright effluence of bright Essence iucreate." J Other bodies are clogged and cumbered with the property which we call weight: flame seems...

...offspring of heaven first-born ! Or of th' Eternal, co-eternal beam ! May I express thee unbalm'd ? since God is light, And never, but in unapproached...bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and...

...Zion.'' LETTER XIII. HAIL, holy light, offspring of heaven first bom, Or of the eternal, coeteroal beam ! May I express thee unblamed since God is light,...then in thee ; Bright effluence of bright essence uncreate. — ^— — — — — — Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but...

...light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam May I express thee unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 3. Before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert, and at the voice Of God,...

...innumerable projects to shut out the rays of truth ; whereas, the Almighty lives in light — " for God is. light; And never but in unapproached light, Dwelt from eternity." The most artful impediments have been thrown, by these monarchs, in the .way of every individual who...

...hesitation concerning it. — Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of the eternal cocternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? Since GOD is light,...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Par. Lost, book 3. anciently perhaps were better known to the religions of Europe, than they are to...