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The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls

The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.

John Milton
Perfection, Parent, Grace
John Milton (2013). “The Collected Prose Works of John Milton (Annotated Edition)”, p.318, Jazzybee Verlag

For God will deign to visit oft the dwellings of just men -- delighted, and with frequent intercourse -- thither will send his winged messengers on errants of supernal grace.

John Milton
Men, Dwelling, Grace
John Milton, Henry John Todd (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.62

For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: / His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule.

John Milton
Sweet, Eye, Grace
'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 4, l. 297

Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces.

John Milton
Beauty, Grace, Peculiar
John Milton (1853). “The Poetical Works of John Milton..Illustrated with Engravings from Drawings by J.M.W. Turner”, p.116

All hope is lost of my reception into grace; what worse? For where no hope is left, is left no fear.

John Milton
Grace, Despair, No Fear
John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors”, p.169

And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.

John Milton
Grace, Wish, Saws
John Milton, Henry John Todd (1852). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors; and with Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majesty's State-paper Office”, p.284

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