Mark what a pure vermilion blush has dy'd Their swelling cheeks; and how for shame they hide What bounteous Heav'n ordain'd for use, refuse not : The rest are freely ours, which doubtless are Serp. Pish; death's a fable: did not Heav'n inspire Your equal elements with living fire, Blown from the spring of life? Is not that breath Serp. You cannot die; come, woman, taste, and fear not. Eve. Shall Eve transgress? I dare not, O I dare not. Serp. Afraid? Why draw'st thou back thy tim'rous arm? Harm only falls on such as fear a harm. Heav'n knows and fears the virtue of this tree? S. CHRYS. sup. Matth. Serp. Do. He forced him not he touched him not only said, Cast thyself down; that we may know, that whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot. S. BERN. in Ser. It is the devil's part to suggest; ours, not to consent. As oft as we resist him, so often we overcome him: as often as we overcome him, so often we bring joy to the angels, and glory to God: who opposeth us, that we may contend; and assisteth us, that we may conquer. EPIG. I. Unlucky parliament! wherein, at last, JAMES |