Liber I, cap. 4. De PrædestinationeThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶16} v. 7 — …idem post lapsum aliis innumeris ex locis demonstratur. Gen. iv. 7. nonne si bene egeris, remissio? si vero non bene egeris, præ foribus est peccatum, sive pœna peccati, excubans. Exod.…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶16} 1 Chron. xxviii. 6, 7, 9. — …es the same. Thus it is said of Solomon, as of another Christ, 1 Chron. xxviii. 6, 7, 9. I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. But what are the terms of the covenant?—…