...hath chief delight, Son of my bosom, Son who art alone My word, my wisdom, and effectual might, All hast thou spoken as my thoughts are, all As my eternal...: Man shall not quite be lost, but sav'd who will Vet not of will in him, but grace in me •"reely vouchsaf'd ; once more I will renew His lapsed pow'rs,...

...hath chief delight, Son of my bosom, Son, who art alone My word, my wisdom, and effectual might, 1 All hast thou spoken as my thoughts are, all As my eternal...purpose hath decreed. Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will ; Tet not of will in him, but grace in me Freely vouchsafed; once more I will renew...

...Paradise Lost (2.173-S2) summarizes the orthodox Puritan view: Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will; Yet not of will in him, but grace in me Freely vouchsafed. Once more I will renew His lapsed powers, through forfeit, and enthralled By sin to foul...

...salvation comes through God's grace, God makes it clear that to be saved requires Man's willingness. "Man shall not quite be lost, but sav'd who will,/ Yet not of will in him, but grace in me/ Freely vouchsafed." God declares that nobody can be reprobated unless they do not repent of their sins. When...

...poem gives a good summation of traditional Augustinianism. "Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will, / Yet not of will in him, but grace in me / Freely vouchsafed" iШ.173,51. Milton did, however, add to the tradition by answering a question which had...

...the Father defines the nature of that grace and its effect: Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will. Yet not of will in him, but grace in me Freely vouchsafed (3: 173-75). Once again, we are invited first to read man as the active agent before discovering...

...Son of my bosom, Son who art alone My word, my wisdom, and effectual might, 17° All hast thou spok'n as my thoughts are, all As my Eternal purpose hath...will, Yet not of will in him, but grace in me Freely voutsaf't; once more I will renew 17His lapsed powers, though forfeit and enthrall'd By sin to foul...

...Son of my bosom. Son who art alone My word, my wisdom, and effectual might, 170 All hast thou spok'n as my thoughts are, all As my Eternal purpose hath...decreed: Man shall not quite be lost, but sav'd who will, 136. The good angels are Spirits elect. divine substance itself." Cf. Maurice In CD I. ix, Milton challenges...

...chief delight, Son of my bosom, Son who art alone My word, my wisdom, and effectual might,0 170 All hast thou spoken as my thoughts are, all As my eternal...purpose hath decreed: Man shall not quite be lost, but saved who will, Yet not of will in him, but grace in me0 Freely vouchsafed; once more I will renew...

...(by which he meant scholastic philosopher as well as pedagogue).'7 Apart from his objectionable puns ("Man shall not quite be lost, but sav'd who will, / Yet not of will in him, but grace in me" [3.173-74 is another]), and in spite of the ambrosial fragrance that keeps being released in Heaven...