Here also it would come in very aptly, to consider the state of that long interval between the Time of their Expulsion from _Heaven_, and the Creation of the World; and what the Posture of the Devil's Affairs might be, during that Time. The horror of their Condition can only be conceiv'd of at a Distance, and especially by us, who being embodied Creatures, cannot fully judge of what is, or is not a Punishment to _Seraphs_ and _Spirits_; But 'tis just to suppose they suffer'd all that Spirits of a Seraphic Nature were capable to sustain, consistent with their Existence; notwithstanding which they retain'd still the _Hellishness_ of their rebellious Principles; namely, their Hatred and Rage against God, and their Envy at the Felicity of his Creatures. As to how long their time might be, I shall leave that Search; no lights being given me that are either probable or rational, and we have so little room to make a Judgment of it, that we may as well believe Father _M----_, who supposes it to be a hundred thousand Years, as those who judge it one thousand Years; 'tis enough that we are sure, it was before the Creation, how long before is not material to _the Devil's History_, unless we had some Records of what happen'd to him, or was done by him in the Interval. During the wandring Condition the Devil was in at that Time, we may suppose, he and his whole Clan to be employ'd in exerting their Hatred and Rage at the Almighty, and at the Happiness of the remaining faithful Angels, by all the ways they had power to shew it. From this determin'd stated Enmity of _Satan_ and his Host against _God_, and at every thing that brought Glory to his Name, Mr. _Milton_ brings in _Satan_, (when first he saw _Adam_ in _Paradise_, and the Felicity of his Station there) swelling with Rage and Envy, and taking up a dreadful Resolution to ruin _Adam_ and all his Posterity, meerly to disappoint his Maker of the Glory of his Creation; I shall come to speak of that in its Place. How _Satan_, in his remote Situation, got Intelligence of the Place where to find _Adam_ out, or that any such thing as a Man was created, is Matter of just Speculation, and there might be many rational Schemes laid for it: Mr. _Milton_ does not undertake to tell us the Particulars, nor indeed could he find room for it; perhaps, the _Devil_ having, _as I have said_, a Liberty to range over the whole Void or Abyss, which we want as well a Name for, as indeed Powers to conceive of; might have discovered that the Almighty Creator had form'd a new and glorious Work, with infinite Beauty and Variety, filling up the immense Wast of Space, in which he, (the _Devil_) and his _Angels_, had rov'd for so long a time, without finding any thing to work on, or to exert their Apostate Rage in against their Maker.