...constituted, as he, in his self-sufficient wisdom would presumptuously prescribe. "In pride, in reasoning pride our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies." SECTION IV. " Desinuut enim suum judicium adhibere ; id habent ratum, quod ab eo, quem probant, judicatum...

...constituted, as he, in his self-sufficient wisdom would presumptuously prescribe. In pride, in reasoning pride our error lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies.1' SECTION IV. " Desiuunt enim suum judicium adhibcre ; id habent ratum, quod ab eo, quern probant,...

...unjust : If man alone engross not Heaven's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there : 120 / reasoning pride, our error lies ; All quit the sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming...

...such ; Say here he gives too little, there too much.— 6. In pride, in reas'ning pride, our errour lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes J Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angols,...

...too much; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust ; Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust. 14 In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against th' Eternal Cause. 15 Ask for what end...

...; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such* ; Say here he gives too little', there too much*.— 6 In pride', in reas'ning pride', our error lies'' ;...All quit their sphere', and rush into the skies'-. XI (J3g) Pride still is aiming at the blast adodes* ; Men would be angels', angels would be gods\ Aspirin);...

...God's unjust; If man alone engross not Heaven's high care, Alone made perfect here, immortal there ; Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod, Rejudge his justice, be the god of God! In pride, in reasoning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming...

...cause, by bringing into play so unhallowed, so selfish, and so petulant a temper? A temper that would "Snatch from His hand the balance and the rod, " Rejudge his justice, be the God of God." If he who thinks himself refused, would pause a moment, and ponder the effect that refusal has produced,...

...fanciest such ; Say here he gives too little, there too much. 6. In pride, in reasoning pride, our errour lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes ; Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels,...

...itself to exercise jurisdiction over God himself, and even to reverse his decisions. It dares to ' Snatch from his 'hand the balance and the rod, Rejudge his justice— be the God of God.' This plea then is a most wicked plea. Under a fair exterior, it hides the worst and most abominable...