Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve The Faith they owe; when earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude, they then begin to faile.

To whom soon mov'd with touch of blame thus EVE.

What words have past thy Lips, ADAM severe, Imput'st thou that to my default, or will Of wandering, as thou call'st it, which who knows But might as ill have happ'nd thou being by, Or to thy self perhaps: hadst thou bin there, Or bere th' attempt, thou couldst not have discernd Fraud in the Serpent, speaking as he spake; No ground of enmitie between us known, Why hee should mean me ill, or seek to harme.

Was I to have never parted from thy side?
As good have grown there still a liveless Rib.

Being as I am, why didst not thou the Head Command me absolutely not to go, Going into such danger as thou saidst?
Too facil then thou didst not much gainsay, Nay, didst permit, approve, and fair dismiss.