Paradise Lost Essay -- Analysis, Milton

The seat of faith resides in the will of the individual and not in the leaning to our bear reasoning, for reasoning is the freedom of choosing what oneness accepts as ones will. In considering the will was created and one cannot accuse the potter or the clay, Milton writes to this reasoning, as thir own revolt, whereas the clay of humankind is sufficient and justly tractable for use as a vessel of obedience or noncompliance (3.117). The difficulty of this acceptance of obedience or disobedience is inherent in the natural unwillingness in acknowledging that we are at the disposal of some other being, even idol. One theme of Paradise Lost is humankinds disobedience to a noble, a overlord that claims sway over its creation. When a single living thing which idol has made escapes beyond the Creators control this is in essence an eradicating of the Creator God. A Creator who would create a creature who the Creator would or could not control its creation is not a sovereign God. F or who would not hold soul responsible for manufacturing something that could not be controlled and consider it immoral to do so? To think that God created a universe that he has somehow abdicated to its own devices is to accredit immorality to the Creator. Since the nucleus of Miltons epic poem is to justifie the wayes of God to his creation, these arguments are set in theological Miltonesque terms in his haggling (1. 26). Miltons terms and words in Paradise Lost tinct the view of God to man and Miltons view to the reader. Views viewed in theological terms that have blazed many wandering paths through the centuries to knot up imperfect men to explain perfect God. To justify the ways of God is a well-trodden path, except there is more to only one path. For if... ...o tensions. capital of Minnesota the apostle wrote by the same Spirit that Milton claimed that the Potter has the power over the clay and by the riches of Gods mercy he shall prove mercy upon who he wants to show me rcy. Theologians of history, Augustine, Wyclif, Luther, Zwingli, Calvin and others all held this doctrine of predestination and taught it with nada. With vigor predestination bides in Scripture and the challenge for Milton was to demonstrate the Father is reasonable, but at the same time God is the Almighty. So where does Miltons views stand in relation to a perfect God? As others to begin with of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will and Fate, Fixt Fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, in the Apostle Pauls resolve O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed recount to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus (2.559,560- Romans 920 K.J.V.)?