While Satan is not hesitant about using God 's names in spite , the Archangels are neither hesitant about using Satan 's words in the past to spite him . This is apparent in Book Five , Lines 959-961 . Gabriel is the speaker , and he chides Satan for his prior actions . He ``once fawned , and cringed , and servilely adored , Heaven 's awful Monarch (959-960 . Here , cringed and awful do not mean what they commonly mean today . Cringing was to ``bow in servility (Abrams...











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