Jl(al;-+•7 Gen,scS. 7· 1 Kia.19• 5.7. · aKing.r l· Gen. 14· 7· Mat,l-,12 ll· Exod, 14. t6,and ~J.l00 D:m. 3· 17.and 6,u. :·.t:u,.htl Atl,1'·7 ofthe [reede. 'of Angels. 1491 I bodie in that they doe moll carefully per- A z.•r•s. ;And in the day of iudgementto gather Matb.:s-: forme ~ll manner ofduties which doe necefall the elechhat they may come before Chrifr, J'· 1 Creation farily rend to preferue the temporalllife of and enter inro eternal! fruition ofglory both Gods children euen from the begmmng of in body and foule. . theirdaies to the end. 7J•IIid faith, that they The third and !aft part of the minilterie of pitch their tentJ 4bout him th~t feares tht Lord. Angels, concernes Gods C"nemies ;and it is ro W!.Jen Agar was cafr forth of Abr~hams faexecute iuJgements on all wicked perfons & mily, and wandered in the wildernelle, an an· impenitent finners. Thus all the fir!! borne of gel! comes vnto her and giues her counfell to Egypt are llaine by an angill. When lojiJu• Ernd "· rcturne to her millrelfe and humble herfelfe. was about to facke ftrico, an Angel appeared When Elios Aed from le{•ble, hee was both vnto him as acaptaine, with drawn fword to comforted, dire<led, and fedde by an Angcll. light for Ifrael. When the hofl ofZen•cherib And an angell bids the fame Eli•s bee ofgood came agaiofl Ifrael , the Angel ofthe Lord in q.:u. lof.(.l )· :tKings 19·35· courage and without feare to goe to kingAone night llue an hundred eighrie and liue All, u, chaz.i.s and reprooue him. Angels bring Lot thoufand. Becaufe Herod gaue notglorievn- 'l· and his family out of Sodome & Gomorran, to God, the angell ofthe Lord fmotei1im, fo before they bume the cities with fire and B as he was eaten vp ofwormes and died. brimll:one. When lak•& feared his brother And thus wee fee what points wee are to Dutios. Efm•, hef.,wan_gels commingvnto him: and marke touching the good Angels.- Now folhe plainly acknowledgeth that. they _we~e loweth the vfe which woareto make inregard fent to be his prorectours & hts guxles 111 hiS oftheircreation.Firfl,whereas they are Gods iourney. Abraham being perfwaded of the minifrerstoinfliei punilhmets.vponthewicafi'illanceofGodsangels in all his waies, faid ked,here is a fpecial point to be learned ofvs; to his feruant, The Lord God ofheauen, who that eueryman in the feare ofG9d take heed tooke me from my fathers_houfe,&c. Will J!.111i how he lioeth and continueth in his fins, for hi,.ngellbefor"hee.The wtfe men that came to the cafe is dangerous, ~onfidering that God fee Chrifl, are admonilhed by Angels toJe' hath armies ofAngels,which fland ready eueturne another way: and lofeph by the direeii. ry where to execute Gods l1eauy iudgemenrs onofanangellfledintoEgypt, thathemight vponthem thatliue thus. When the people preferue Chrlfl from the hands of the cruel! oflfrael had finned again!hhe Lord, VU.ftJ Erod. 3 •. tydt. The tents ofthe Ifraelites were garded faith; thry """ nak_ed, that is open to all the '!· by Angels. The three children are deliuered iudgemenrs of God ; enen ddHtute of the from the fiery furnace: and D~~nie/ antofthe c guardofhisgood Angels. Wretched Balnam lyons denne by angels. When Chrift was in that wizzard wenttp':BaiAc to curfe the chilheauiuelfe, they minillredvnto liim and corndren ofifrael: an~as hewent it is faid,the Anforced him : and they brought Peter out of gel ofthe Lord frood in his way with a drawn Nuob. prifon,and fer him at liberty. fword: ahdifthe alfehad beene nowiferthen .,, 3 ,, Againe; the Angels procure good vntothe his mafter, the angel had ilaine him. Wherefoules ofthe godly, in that they are mainraiby irappeares, tharwhenweerulh on into the ners and furtherers of the true worlhippe of praeiife ofany finne,wee doe as much as in vs God, and ofall good meanes, wherebywe atlyerh, to caufe God to fend downe his iudgetaine to faluation. Thelaw was deliueredin ments vpon vs for onr finnes, and that by'the Aa. 7 , 38 , Mount Sinabyangels-; anda great parrofthe miniflrieofhis Angels. Dan,9-u reuelation of John. They expound to Daniel Secondly, we are taught another l<ifon by Aa.•.u. Apoc.:t. lO, Act.r.:z.o. Gen, ~z.. ''· Luk-.I,J3 18, 31'· the7o. w:ekes. They inflruei the Apollles Chrifl himfelf~: Stt(faithhe)th.ryoodtfPifo ~.. 1:, 8 . touching the rerurnc of ~hrifl to the lafl: not ~neofthefoiltlunes: nowmarkehisreafon 1 o, : r~dgement. Anangclforbtds lolmtoworihip for Ifoy vnroy.u,th•tin heaoen their.ngels do •1htm, but"':~rlhtp God the Creator ofheauen waiesb<holdthtf~~&eofm.Jfother. By litleoneshe a11d earth. I hey fetch th~ Apoflles out ofpri- D meaneth yonng infants which are within the fon, and btd the~'- teach m the temple. An couenant; or others which are like to young Angell bnngs Phtl•p ~othe Eunuch, that hee infants in fimplicitie and innocencie oflifc & may exponnd the fcnl'tlues to ht'?. La!lly, humilitie. And Chrill: will AOthaue them to theyreueale thcmtflenes & thew!llofGod: bee defpifed. A dntie very needefull to bee as to Abralum that hee lhould not kill his ll:oodvponinthefetimes. Fornowadaies,ifa fonne /fo4t; toV'/4'ary&E'ltz.abuh, the natiuiman carrie buta thew of humilitie ·ofgood tyoflohn Babufl, and of~hrifl our Sauiour; confcicncc, 'and ofthe feareofGod,he is ac- &allth!S they do accordmg vnro the wdlof counted butafillyfellow, he is hated, moc. God.Gal.r.8.Bc_!idc all this,angelsreioyce at ked, and defpifed one euery' harid.· But this the conuerfionor !inners by the muufleryof lhouldnotbeefo.ForhimwhcimeGodhonou· the Gofpel. And for the Churches fake, they reth with the'proteeiion of his good Angels, pr?te<l not oncly p~rt!cular men, but euen why lhould any mortal! man defpife? And it wnole natwnsand ktngdomes. frands mockers and fcorners in hand to take . The 'miniflcrie of angels in the end of this heede whom they mocke. For though men hfr; ts to-carne the foules ofthe godly int'? Afor theirpa_rts put vp many abufes and iniu. br.h•ms boiOme, as they dtd the foule <>I L•- nes,yet their angles may take iull reuenge, by fmiring
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