Chap.5 .Sed.~. Looking1mto Je{UI. Book. IV. 473 ---------------------------------~ Chri!l; and what is that but the prefence of his Spirit, and the prefence ofhis Angels? 1. Tbe pre!ence of his Spirit; chis we know by his working in us, certainly the Spirit doth not only hover over us, but worketh in us: how in us? I anfwer, by his quickning, feeding, c!J.eriiliing, healing, mollifying, meltin[r, comforting. In this manner he works in us when we are in ordinances. Why now is he (l hope) ryding with triumph in the midft of the affembly, now is he in his chariot, in his throne, in the hearts of his people, and therefore away, away with all buyers and fellers, out of that Temple of the holy Gho!l.--2. The pr.efenceof Chrift is th'e prefence of his Angels; as a King is where his Court is, fo is Chri!l the King of Kings efpecially prefent where his bl~ffed Angels pitch their tents. And the pre~ fence ofAngels is worthy ( 0 my foul) of thy con!lderation. · Ceminly they are mini!lring fpirits, that have a work to do upon thy inward man; I grant tl:e Spirit ofChrifr can only enligh~.en the under!landing, and determine the will effedually, it ish~ only can bend, and turne, and forme the mind which way foeve\" he pleafeth; but ~he Angels can fpeak alfo to thy fpirituaJ parts, and though the Spirit only determine, yet th-eir fpeaking carries a power with it. · By way ofdigreffion,it is a fine skill to know how the Angels can fpeak to us, and how we may know when they fpeak, and how we may.difcerne what is fpoken by the immediate infpiration of the Spirit, and what by the mediation of the Angds. 1 . How do the Angels fpeak to us? we mufl:' conceive if w~ underil:and this, fidl: that the images, or phantafms of things received by the outward fen\es ; are kep-t and preferved b,· the inward fenfes,.as the fjecies of founds, of {bap~s, or wh:ttfoever elfe. 2. That the imag~s or phantafmes fo kept, ..may be f:J mov~d by our fpirits, or humors, or !orne eKtrinfec ,1 things, as that they may move the fancy, and provoke tt t0 reprefent, and conceive fuch things as neither appi!aH' , nor are at that time perceived by any outwi!rd fenfe at all . This appeares. I. In our ordinary courf~, as we can fit in the dark, where we heare and fee nothing, and yet there we can multiply a fancy in infinitum, by an a::t ofour own will 2. This appeare; in our dreames, when though we heare or fee nothing, yet the humour p p p can
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