Paradise Lost is an epic poem describing the theological views of John Milton. The theme is knowledge and the fall of man. Milton uses his poetry to state some of his theological beliefs and personal reflections. Milton wrote Paradise Lost in the 17th century, but uses the influence of the classical poets. Milton's epic is an extremely important piece of literature. The passage used in this commentary addresses the topic of sin and punishment as it pertains to the atonement from God's perspective. Milton expounds many of his theological views, but wants the reader to know that God is justified in everything he does , and also wants you to know that man has free will. The theological aspects that emerge in the song are original sin, grace, atonement and the resurrection of Christ. Lines 203 to 209 talk about man's wrong action towards God. “But yet all is not over; The man who disobeys, the disloyal, breaks his allegiance, and sins against the high supremacy of heaven,...” Milton lays emphasis on the fact that all men must die “He with all his posterity must die.” These lines introduce the concept of original sin into the song. The doctrine of original sin is that because of Adam's fall in the garden and their disobedience to God in eating the forbidden fruit, men are held responsible for their sin. Because of Adam's disobedience, men take on a sinful nature. Milton does not support the beliefs of most other Reformed Christians of the time. Calvinism was one of the Puritan movements that spread throughout the European continent. Calvinism had many followers but Milton did not accept the doctrine of Calvin's theology. In this excerpt, Milton's speech about God shows that all men have free will. The context is that God can see Sata... in the center of the paper... lton's poem is a beautiful poem of theology and history of the foundation of the world and Christianity. It is an extremely important piece of English literature. Not just for Christians but for everyone. Works Cited Babb, Lawrence. The moral cosmos of Paradise Lost. [East Lansing]: Michigan State UP, 1970. Print.Campbell, Gordon. Milton and the manuscript of De Doctrina Christiana. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007.Print.Dobranski, Stephen B. and John Peter Rumrich. Milton and heresy. Cambridge [England: CambridgeUP, 1998. Print.Fish, Stanley Eugene. Surprised by Sin : The reader in "Paradise Lost." London: Macmillan, 1967.Print.Kurth, Burton O. Milton and Christian Heroism; Biblical epic themes and forms in 17th-century England. Hamden, CT: Archon, 1966. PrintThe Holy Bible. NIV ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996. Print.