In which the prayers of our first parents, contrite and renewed in spirit, ascend to the throne of Heaven where the Father, through the Son's intercession, decrees their expulsion from Paradise, appointing Michael to lead them forth and reveal to Adam the trials that shall befall his progeny. The archangel then shows Adam visions of mankind’s future—both the blessings and the calamities—so that with pious patience he may endure mortal life’s mingled joys and sorrows before their departure from Eden.