From the Eyes of the Enemy

Going back to the second reading, Satan's soldier or comrade says in lines 134-139, "Too well I see and rue the dire event, that with sad overthrow and foul defeat hath lost us Heaven, and all this mighty Host in horrible destruction laid thus low, as far as Gods and Heavenly Essences can perish." This just reminded me of the quote from Dr. Faustus by Mephistopheles. He says that he never leaves Hell because he has seen and lost the wonders of Heaven and the glory of God.  Satan's soldier is saying that their fall is so much greater because of where they have fallen from.  In the third reading section, Satan basically says that all his actions are based on the sole purpose of hurting God. In lines 159-162 he even says, "To do good never will be our task, but ever to do ill our sole delight, as being contrary to his high will whom we resist." He is evil and acts evilly just to get revenge on God. He also says in lines 165-168, "And out of good still to find means of evil; which oft times may succeed, so as perhaps shall grieve him, if I fail not, and disturb his inmost counsels from their destined aim." Satan is confessing that his motive for malignity is purely being evil for the sake of being evil and being evil for the sake of being the opposite of good.