...not in vain ; nor, think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise ; Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. AH these, with ceaseless praise, his works behold Both day and night : how often from the ste.ep...

...also; and, as Mr. Addison observes, Milton doubtless had an eye on this part of Hesiod, where he say?, Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. Paradise Lost. I cannot help taking particular notice of the beauty and use of our author's...

...want spectators. God wnnt praise : Millions of spiritual creature* walk the earth !)!.:• u both uhen we wake and when we sleep ; All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both ri;iv and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices...

...visit oft tlie dwellings of just men, And thither send his winged messengers G On errands of Us grace. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep." • ' • ;•.•;••. i -.. Nojus* objection to this soothing doctrine can arise from...

...to entertain a qualified belief in the occasional appearance of beings from the invisible world. " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep.1' The sylphs and genii of other countries, and of other times, and the brownies and fairies...

...not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...sleep ; All these with ceaseless praise his works hehold Both day and night : How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial...

...has given countenance to this opinion by the wellknown passage which he puts into the mouth of Adam: Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep, &c. " And more strongly still by the description wherein Satan is represented in the act of...

...Scriptures, has encreased their number and the sanctity of their office, by writing that " Milliont of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep : Oft in bands While they keep watch ; or nightly walking round, With heav'nly touch of instrumental...

...passage :' Nor think, though men were none, -.. ^ That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise: Millions of Spiritual Creatures walk the earth Unseen,...when we sleep; -"'.' All these with ceaseless praise bis works behold Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill and thicket, have we...

...doth send ; Or on his own dread presence to attend. It is the same conception in Par. Lost, iv. 677. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep, &c. See also On the Death of a Fair Infant, v. 59. To earth from thy prefixed seat didst post....