--------·------------------------------ I 6 ' • l ~ 0 MINISTRATION OF~ AND ·coMMUNIO.N W l T H The Second Book. · --,-~------------------· CHAP.I. SECT.I. ofthe time, when th~ .liugelsjitji begitJ their Mimflr11tio". ~HE firfl Period wherein the Angels miRill<r to Hewens Heirs, it is from their quid~ning in the womb, till their Eirth. Come then, and , Fidl, fee the Mini!\raticn of Angels at this time; and Secondly, lcam, · and praCl:ife we thofe fcveral I:>t1tics tlm tfpccially concern the Saints in that refpccr. • 1 • t'or the Minillration of Angds in that Period, mllft probable it is, that then they . . begin their Minillration. The exaCl: beginning is indeed qucllionable' Some would '~have it to begioat t~e tirll hour of Conception. ']bey have ever graci,ufly auwded me B.,Ha~e~! th~ ( faith one ))f.!~hJ1f1 inJe!m.iffim fro'?' the firfr ho11r of my Collc<ftion to thi1 prejint mo• ~r 'fji;anto~rl mcnt. Othmnt the ·fi~lbl!fufion of the Soul. _1hm cart brgm; ( tJy they) •'fom a1 on.Jude. the Child iJ qt~icf<!ncd i11 th~'{Vplflb for that they have thm auother dijlin/1 charge to look,_after, Others at the birth ofthe Efe't;' God revealiug to the Angels whQarc [uch, by requir· ¥ zanchiUJ ,de in~ their attendance en them then: From tbtir birth to the md oftheir life_(faith." z~mhiop<r~bu Det. '") Angels areaffigned if God to w"it 011 the EJrtf. Others at the B>pt!fm of. Iufanrs: ~~ 2 • c 1 ~ El UOrigen recounting many Opinions, cloth mention this; which is vny improbable, for 5 Oog'; ,;: · rhen it i~ in the power of Parents-, who fer the time of Baptifm, to fay, when the • 1 • '·• Angels fh11l begin their oflicc over their Children, but the EleCl: are precious and dear to Gnd before, as after the Ordinance ofBJptifm. Others at the time ofConverfion. Gf See DintleJ , which two Rcafons are givw. D~pur. ef An· 1 • Becaufe [he Angels know not the D:crees before tlllt E.leCl:ion be declared in ge '· Convcrfion: But this we deny. 2. Becaufc in the fute of llltllre a man is under the wrath of God, and is vexed with evil Spirits, that hurry him to fin, and rule in the Children of difobediencc> b1H alchongh this cannot 'be denied, yet God isrefolved th>tall his EleCl: n:oll han tnVJ· fible fUfl?Ort5 againH Satan, to preferve them charily, as chofen veffcls, ag•mlt the time that he ihall rmnife!\ himfelf unto tn<m; and it is fi1flicient to Angels, that God wills their attetrdance, and that hereofcer they (hall difccrn fome fiuit of their atfen– donce. For my part amid[! o!l there ditferences, l clok only wich them, who {df • rhat rhe Angels begin the execution of their Charge wh<n the Soul is in[i,lfcd: and the Reatons arc follid - •· B' ·
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