The moon was compared to Satan's shield, and Milton was preparing us then for this radically ambiguous status of this providential moon.

月亮在这里被比作撒旦的盾，弥尔顿准备着让我们了解到这个充满神意的月亮,所处的基本的暧昧不清的地位。

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Another theme in the Book of Deuteronomy is the theme of providential concern, and that appears in Deuteronomy 8.

申命记》的另一个主题是,对幸运的忧虑，这出现在《申命记》第8章中。

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The question of providential justice is of course of primary significance to Milton's poem, but Hartman goes on to say that the moon, which reminds us of a calm and perfect sense of Providence, also works to guarantee the principal of free will.

这里，关于天佑的公平的问题,是其对于弥尔顿的诗最基本的重要性，但是哈特曼接着又说月亮是，这提醒了我们天意的冷静和完美感，月亮在这儿也是为了保障自由意志的原则。

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