xplore, and after some difficulty he is allowed to pass through with the help of Chaos who is the power of that place. He is then on his way to the new world that he is seeking.Book Three is then a prediction of the fall of man. God is sitting on his throne with His Son at His side; they see Satan on his way to the newly created world. God foretells His Son of how Satan is able to trick man, as man is free to make his own choices. Because of the choices that man makes, he must die unless someone can be found who will answer to the sins of man, and will then take on the punishment for these sins. The Son of God then freely offers Himself as the ransom for mankind, and the Father accepts. There is then much celebration in heaven as they now have a plan to save mankind. Satan arrives: thence comes to the gate of heaven, described ascending by stairs, and the water above the firmament that flow about it; his passage thence to the orb of the sun: he finds there Uriel, the regent of that orb, but first changes himself into the shape of a meaner angel, and pretending a zealous desire to behold the new creation, and man whom God had placed here, inquires him the place of his habitation, and is directed: alights first on Mount Niphates.(Simmons, 1996)In Book Four Satan is now in the Garden of Eden, where he at length debates with himself, about his shortcomings, fears, strengths and envy. (Knopf, 1996) He eventually arrives on Paradise, where he sees Adam and Eve, and the good state that they are in. He then makes his plan on how he can bring about their demise. Gabriel, the arc angel hears that there is an evil spirit in the garden, and appoints two angels to watch over Adam. Book Five starts off in the morning of the next day, when Adam and Eve waken and Eve relates to Adam a dream that she has had. Adam is not very happy about it, but they must go on with their daily tasks. God sends another angel, Raphael to warn Adam of what h...
