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Show Fing Acthur { it .U"derfl and:the Force of the Powers Invifible So. that notwithftanding the Boldnefs o fll m l I [hel'S % Aghefi a this Opera, there may be fuch a Place a Hell ; And if fo, a Difcourfe about Devils will be no Fairy way of Writing. For Fairyway of Writing, s nothing but a Hi i 0t B aNce asamfiba ftory of Fidtion; A fubject of Imaginar Beings; fach as never had any exiftenc el By W: 1,2 ol iy, in. Time, o Nature And if as Mon fieur Rapinobferves, Poetry requires a mixture of Truth and Fable; Mr. Dryde may make his advantage, for his Pl i much better founded on Reality than H was aware of et 1 teads uly ke e e, ey It may not be improper to confider i I f w t o w ae i a o r h f W o th H S l r g u p o v H u ' l e i e e Gandfade s ofRelgo o n C o e e fortheiepfia th ar u J fiw»‘%----; ly s Fo i Bidens ' i - fic- ,fl e y Demai defcrib'd by all the Circumitances of Terror, by every Thing dreadful to Senfe and amazing to Thought. The Place the Company, the Duration, are all Confiderations of 'Aftonithment. And wh has God given us this folemn warning Is it not to awaken our Fears, and guar our Happinefs; To reftrainthe Diforder of Appetite, and to keep us within Rea{fon,and Duty? And as for. the dpoffat Angels; the Striptures inform us of thei loft Condition; of their Malice and Pow,41141;"; er, of their aétive Induftry and Expe aal 0913 e SEM rience; and all-thefe Qualiues Correfpon den |