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QFtheparciescomp•red;
AfJtelsandMen.
Thefctwo we mullfirficompare, that we
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may the more clearely fee the greamelfe of rhcgrace
~nd
benefic, this day, vouchfa- The
P~r<ics
fed us. No long procclfewlll
need~
eo layb efore you, how
(trr~
1nfenour our
~arure
1s,
~o
compared–
that ofthe
vfngels :
It ts a companion Without companfon. Ir
IS
too appatanc, tfwe be
la~d
M•" with
together, or weighed together, wefhall befound
mrnus habentes,
farre too hglu. They are,m
ANG •
ts.
l!xprelfe cermes,faid, (both, mthe
old,
andmrhe
NewTeflament)
to excell us m
power :
And
~rp;·,:~.l
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·;_o.
as in power Coin all the rell. Tlus one thmg may fuffice, to fl1ew thcoddes: That our Na-
ture; chat Zvc, when we are at our very highdtperfechon,_Cit is even thus exprelfed, thac)we
come neare or arethercinlikeco, or as an
Angel!,
Perfe~beat~ty,
mSamtStephen:
They
A,~,6-•f·
ftw hi4face,'a theface ofan Angefl.
PerfeCt
wi(domc
in
David: <.My Lord the King is wifea< :
~:;;: :;_;~•m vfnuel/of
Go o. PerfeCt
eloquence
mSame
Paul": ThoHgh
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ffeake w1th thttonguesofMen,
nay-ofAngels.
All our excellency, our highefiand moft
perfe~
ellare, is burro be, as they:
therefore, they above us farrc.
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l!ut, to come nearer: What are
Angels?
Surely, they are
Jjmts; Glorro11sjfmts; Hea11en-
~:t·
..;•·
Jy Jl!irits; Immortal! Jl!irits•.
For rhe1r
Natsm
or fublllnce,
Spmts:
For thetr
~..t11y,
or
Mml/~.:
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property,
Glorious :
For their
!'fare,
or abode,
Heavenly :
For their
Durance,
or connnuance,
Luk >o. 3 6.
Immortal/,
And, what is the
feed ofAbraham,
bur,as
Abraham
himfelfe
is~
And, what is
Ahraham_?
Let himanfwer himfelfe;
I
am
dufl afJdafbes.
What tsrhefeed
ofAbraham?
Let oneanfwer,m
Gon.ri.
,
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the perfons ofall the reil:;
Dirensputredini,
&c._
faying to rottenncjfe, th." art mym;;ther, and
lob , 7 , , 4 _
tpthewormes,ye are
my
hrethren.
I.
They are
f}mts;
Now, wharare we, what ts the
feed of
.Abraham? Flejh.
And what is the very harvelt ofrhis
feed
of
jlejh?
what, bur
corruption,
and
G'l.6.8.
rottennejfe,
and
wormes?
There is the fubfiance ofour bodies: _
z.
They,gloriousJP:rits:
We,vtle bod1es (beare wtrh it, It 1s the
Holy Ghofls
owne terme,
whojballchangeourvile hodies.)
And not onely bafe and
vile, butjilthz
and
tmcle,:ne: ex im..
Phil.j.it-;
·:.,ttlldo
conceptumJemine,conuivedofunc!ean_efeed:
There is
themetaH.
And, the mould is no
lob ••·•–
better: the
wtm~be,
whercmwe were conce1ved
vile, bafe,filthy, anduncleane.
There, is our
Pfll.pA
'JNA{ity.
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They,
heavenly Jl!irits, vfngels of Heaven:
that is, their
place
ofabode is in
hea-vm
above. Ours is here below, in the dull ;
interpulices, &
et~lices,
tinea<,aranea<,& vermes
;
Our
place is here amongjleas,
andflies, moths andJPiders, and crawlingwermes.
There is our place
of dwelling.
4 They,
i111mortall j}irits;thac
is their durance. Ourcime is proclaimed in the Pro-
phet :Flefl1,AIIjlejh
isgrajfe,andtheglary efit,.s thejloure of thefield;
(From
April!to ltme.)
El''y4o.6t
The
Sithe
commeth; nay, the
wind
but
hloweth,
and
we aregone. Withering
fooner than the
grajfe,
which is fl1orr: Nay
,fading
fooner, than rhc
jJorm ofthegra/[e,
which is much lhorrer:
lob· 4 . ,
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Nay, (faith
lob) rubbedin peeces
more eafily, than any
moth.
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This we are, to them., ifyou lay us
togethc'~·
And,
i~
you weigh
:'s
upon the
ha/lance,
we
M•N,by
arc
altosether lrghterth411 vamty ttfelfe-
There IS pur wetghr. And, ,fyou value us;
Mants
rhem!clves;
but athmg
ofnot~ght:
There, is our worth.
Houftomnis homo;
This is
Abraham,
and this is
Pf.,l.•'-" –
,v1brahamsfeed:
And who would llandto comparethefe with
vfngels?
Verily there is
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no comparifon; They are,
incomp~rably,
farrc betterrhan the bell of us.
'
om.•.,, .
Now then: this is the rule ofrea[on,theguideofall choice, Evcnriore to rake the better
and leave the worfe. Thus would man doe;
H.ecejl le.'< hominis.
H~re
thencommerh the mat–
ter ofadmiration: Notwithfianding thefe things fiand thus, bctweene the
Angels
and LA
hr11·
lumsfeed :
(they
Spirits,gloriotls, heavenly,immortatl ;)
yet
tooke He not
them; yer,
in no wife,
toolce He them ;B11t thefeed ofAbr11ham.
The
(etdofAhraham,
with their
bodies, vile bodies,
emhly bodres
ofclay, bodies of
mortality, corruption,
and
death:
Thefe Hee
tookc,
thefe Hee
~•kef•ratlth<t.
Angels,
andnormm; So,inreafon, iriliouldbc :
Men,
and
norv{ngels;
h
tt IS: And, chat granted to us, that denied to them. Granted eo us, fo
bafe;
that denied
t
em, fo
glorious.Denied,and
firongly denied;
·ov,
•,J>;..,,;
'l(gt, not in any rvife,!lot
at
any
ht~n4,
bo
h~em.
They, every way, in every thing elfe,above, and before us; in this, beneath and
Eh
tn~~
us. And we (unworthy,wretched
mm
that we are,) above and before the
Angels,
the
tr~
tm,
the
Seraphim, andallthcPrifJfipalities,'andThrones,
in
this
dignity. This being
E-a-
b:yond