Those who restrain Desire,do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or Reason Usurps its place and governs the unwilling. And being restrained,it by degrees becomes passive,till it is only the shadow of Desire. The history of this is written in Paradise Lost,and the Governor or Reason is calld Messiah. And the original Archangel,or possessor of the command of the Heavenly Host,is calld the Devil or Satan,and his children are calld Sin and Death. But in the Book of Job,Miltons Messiah is calld Satan. For this history has been adopted by both parties. It indeed appeard to Reason as if Desire was cast out; but the Devils account is,that the Messiah fell,and formed a Heaven of what he stole from the Abyss. This is shown in the Gospel,where he prays to the Father to send the Comforter,or Desire,that Reason may have Ideas to build on; the Jehovah of the Bible being no other than he who dwells in flaming fire. Know that after Christs death,he became Jehovah. But in Milton,the Father is Destiny,the Son a Ratio of the five senses,and the Holy-ghost Vacuum! Note: The reason Milton wrote in fetters when he wrote of Angels and God,and at liberty when of Devils and Hell,is because he was a true Poet,and of the Devils party without knowing it. (William Blake - THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL / The Voice of the Devil)
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