in fh1mefaftncfs, ll<l!:nd i, and purity, 1 Cor. 1 r · 10. And for the Soul, they are 1 • To revel\ the will cf God tu the Smm, and to inform them in things which ht would have dune, AfJI 1 o. S• 2· To liir up good motions in their hearts. 3· To comfort them in fo,row, as Chrifl wJ> comforted, being diflrdfed in foul, Luk! 22·'1-3>'H· and as Paul WJS comforted, Ac/J 2 7· 2 ), 2-l· +·To rejoyce at the conver!ion of Saints Luk! •. )· , o. Ag1in, the evil thing from which the good Angels d'J l<eep the god!/ do p>rt!y c.onccrn the body, and portly the foul : the evils of the body are ctther with: ·our us, or within us; the evils without us from which we arc prcferved by the Mi– oiilry ot A1·>gcls, are I. from lhofe dangers that one man brlngeth upon another. 2· From' thole they are fubjeC:t unto by reafon of wild bcalls. 3· hnm thofe they are tubj~d unto by rcafon ot o_t her creatures wid1out life. 4· They do not only prekrve the bod:c~ ot .the S>lnts, but all thmgs are theirs, as their goods , wife, children, and tamdtc~: toe evils within us, from which a!lo the Angels lteep the bodtcsof Samts, are I. Sicknefs. 2. Famme. 3 D.:ath. And as thus tor the body' {o the cvi!s of tf1e foul from which tht Augel1keep ns, are the evils 0t fin, and that two waycs. I· l:ly their comimul prcfence. 2. Bf their_power. Lailly, the Offices which the g ood Angels are to perform towards man alter this lite. I. T t1ey carry the fouls of the 5odly,bcwg feparated trom the body, with comtorr into Hcaven,Luk! 1 6, 22 • • 2. T hey ,, att upon Chri(i at tnt day of Judgment to gather •11 the faithtul unto him, and to fcpnJte the wicked from among them , Mattb. 2+· 3 I· 5 I• and to rcjuyce at the f[·ntencc which he fl1Jll give. ihiJ Analyfu we h•~e [ Mn the eminently able, and wortby Di~im, the glory •f tbii, and our neighbourN"''"' : hiJ ch.~rac1or ii Antiquit.His plimreva' pemii!JmU>, orthodoxl! rehgionis vindex """1 ifo•T&- errorum mJI/cus, mcon– cionJud,, trequtm, tacundus, prreputcns, vitae inculpJt.t cx, wplar ipcd•btle. Andfor his CatechijNt, out ofwbich i1ii ta"-!'n, it is thefum andjubjt"nce of Chr~ti"" Ketigion, upon n!Jicb aJ a nrorejitref otwd•tim we build ottr f aith, and 1{/0~<nd all ottr ''"PU, Sett. 3. Of the Sayings and proofs of M. Edn>ard Leigh. ¥ANother of our Jf/ortbiugives Hi"".""'" Scb<am, both rf tbe MinijiratiOit of Ange/1, • ASyltem< d , 1 r. · ·hA 1 1. ]' " • M ·1' · · · b d of r}·. J.: a1z o1 , ur '-..,CCrn»JHYJJJIZ nnt 11i,i s, iiJ Iura. ucn 1n1 ~ratiOn, or tervtce m re- ~[ni~y,\y EJ. ~' et ot the Church and P,ople ofGod, is - -- , . f hcy •re g lad tort he go«Jd which LeigbEfqi and bctJ is the EkCl:, Ltt~e 2· 1 4• Lu ,e 1 )·I O· 2 Tht y rtvta luuto them the will ofGod, M.A. ofMad:. Dan. 8. 9· Ke~•l. r. 1t, 3, They keep the Ekcr h orn dan5c" both of Soul andbody, fo 11 • 11 • Oxon. far as is expe<iiont, Gw. 19·16. and~ b, 12. and 25·7·3ild p. I ,2./Y.,/.34 ·?·and 91·11. Num.~2 l Aings L!'·7· 2 KingJ (: .f 6, and 8.!/, 10• 4• They comfolt tne<n indii!rclfe, hcavjndfe, and diilraction, Gw, ~ ' . 1 7, 1!l. a"d J2• 1, 2. Jj'ai 6.6. Luk! 1. 30. and 2• 1 o. Matth. >8. S. f'lc1I 1 o. f• and 27. 23 , 2•f" Jttdg. 6. 12. and 1 ; . 1O• Va~t· 10·12· Math. 1, 2c -at1d 2. 12. 13· 5· They fuggcil holy thoughts inco their hearts, as the Dovtl doth evil and unclean thougl!tS. 6. They carry the fouls of ,the E leCt into Heaven'at the end ot this liie, L~t~t I6• 22. and at thedJy ot JudgT.ent they - fholl•gathLr the Eled: trom the tour winds and feparate b"tween the Elcd and B.rprobate, M..t. 24• 3 1. and 1 3. 27. -And aJ for 011r Commu11ion with tbem, J. Wt honour t h<m, and . 1ud5e them more noble creatures thau man; they have greater wifdom, hohndli:, aud power than man hath. 2· We love them beCJufe they love us and delight in ourgood, ueing re1dy to help us every where. · 3· We flw_uld lie careful of our carriage bccaule ut rheir prtfence, we fhould not fin becaufc ot the Angtl<. 4· we fhould ddire tO make them exJmples ofour livcs, thar we may do Gods will as tncy do. 5 • If Angels fhould appear vtfibly rous, we fl10"ld honour them a, more ex· cellent creanms, but ilill keep within the bouuds of civil, or ftaternal honour, as to oHr fellow favants, though above us ; and not honour tnem with religious wor– fhip. T he PJpills fay, a religious worfhip is due unto them , not primary, fuch as is · due unto God, bur fecondary : but we reply, rdi~ious worfhip is only due to the Creator as being rhe command oi the Firll Table ; and civil worth:p is O!Jiy d.ue,tothe creature, as being the command of the Stc011d Table. l:lyco.n!cm ot all, rc!igiou> wor– ihip is that whtFeby we do acknowledg God to be the piimum principium, the ultmzum finem, & fimmmm bonum , now this is but OJiC , and we may well fit)', there is a. fiunmJtm buJtum fecundatio, as there is afccondarious religim1s wor(hip. Again, rhcre is the ialllt real on of a religions worfhip, as there is of a Divine od of Faith, but we cannot
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