504 Hot, may We get rid of Spiritual! Sloth ? Serm. 21. and prevailing fpur would this be to a dull and fluggifh foul. Ah foul, what a fhame, what a fin is this, to be a flow frail in the way of God, that have been a fwift Dromedary in the way of fin. V. Confider how you contradift your own Prayers,your very Pater 1`lofler, wherein you desire Gods will fhould be fo done by you on Angelos =p13. earth, as it is done by the Angels in Heaven ; now thofe winged Mer- µn ovms7 curies and mefTengers of heaven do fpeedily and fpritefully execute the "3/':7 '7e-;g Commandments of God, Pfal. 103.20. Fiefs the Lord ye his Angels, á 9pwrus, ' F which excel in flrength that do his Commandments, heart nin to the zas ávß - ¡ g ?s voice ofhisword; lhefe heavenly Purfevants Hand dining to know 9-?es effe put at their Princes royal! pleafure, and then they go to execute it, Plutarch. I. With all celerity,and fpeed,they are faid to have wings, ifa. 6.2. which are the Emblems of velocity y. 6. the Seraphim came flying to Ifaiah with a coal from the Altar. Gabriel is fent poft from Heaven, Dan. 9.21, beingcaufed to fly fwiftly, extraordinary haft, that he feemed weary and tired ; the Angels fl} irg upon Gods embafie is al- ways very fwift : the Schoolmen make a doubt whether they do ab ex tremo ad extremum tranfire ; yet it teems they can mend their pace in their flight from Heaven to Earth,and fo back again,which is (as thofe Glavius in wife A {ironomers, who have been there to mealure it) backward and stbarsm, forward above one hundred fixty millions of miles. 2. With ardency and intenfenefs they are called Seraphs, Ifa. 6.2. Igniti, fiery, yea a flame of fire, Heb. i 7. Elijah: charet and horfes of fire, were Angels appearing in thofe forms, 2 Kin. 2. t I. of all the Ele- ments fire is the molt intente and active, the mom h of Ere devours and deftroys all that comes before ir; many of the Heathens did worfhip. fire for their god, becaufe it devoured all their other gods ; thefe fiery Has of God are very devouring, one of them in one night deflroyed a hundred fourfcore and five th&ufand Affyrians, 2 Kin. 19.3 5. 3. With alacrity and cheerfulnefs; it is a great part of their joy in Heaven,that they do Gods fervice with joy ; as foen as ever they were created they rejoyced that they fhould be employed in fuck honorable fervice, fob 38.7. When the morning Stars fang together, and all the fons of God fhouted for joy ; how cheerfully did thesAngels bring tidings of Chrills birth to the World, as appears by their praifing God to the bigheft of their power, Luke 2.14. Glory be to God in the highefl, &c. furely if you confider Angels worfhip, and doing Gods will, it will make you leave off your (loth or your fervice; tither caufe you to pray better, or not to pray at all. VI. Confider you lofe the very foul and life of your duty, if you do n0C
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