Liber I, cap. 15. De Officio Mediatorio, ejusque Triplici MunereThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶23} 1 Cor. xv. 26, 54, 57. — …Joan. v. 4. mortem, et legem, et peccatum, 1 Cor. xv. 26, 54, 57. aculeus mortis est peccatum: vis autem peccati lex. Deo autem habetor gratia, qui dat nobis victoriam p…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶23} 1 Cor. xv. 26, 54—57. — …d; John xvi. 33. and 1 John v. 4. Death, and the law, and sin; 1 Cor. xv. 26, 54—57. the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law: but thanks be to God which giveth us the…