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Those who restrain Desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or Reason Usurps its place & 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. & the Governor or Reason is call'd Messiah.
And the original Archangel, or possessor of the command of the Heavenly Host, is calld the Devil or Satan, and his children are called Sin & Death.
But in the Book of Job, Milton's Messiah is called Satan.
For this history has been adopted by both parties
It indeed appear'd to Reason as if Desire was cast out; but the Devils account is, that the Messi-
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