366 Spiritual P'er fec`1ion. geance upon the wicked : The Angel of the Lord deftroyed in one night , a hin- tired fourfcore and flu. thoufand of the Affyrian Army. When the Saints leave the World , the Angels guard them through the Air, the dominions of Sa- tan, and fecure them from the fpiritual Pharaoh, who purfues them in their paf fage to the Ccelefial Canaan. At the late day they (hall gather the Fleet from all the quarters of the World, before the Tribunal of Chrift ; and after the Judgment is pall, they fhall cafi the Wicked into everlafting Fire. The perfeaion of their Obedience is fignified : Theyobey God readily with- out delay or reluaancy. Delay is a ver- tual denial of Obedience. The Angel told Zacharias, I am Gabriel that fland in the prefe»ce of God : It implies his prepared difpofition to receive and per- form all his Commands. 'Tis Paid, they hearken to the voice of his Word: the firft fignification of his Will puts them in motion. They entirely obey him ; there is no allay, no mixture of Contraries in their Principles , nothing fufpends or breaks the entirenefs of their activity in God's Service. They obey himwith all their Powers, and the utmol} efficacy of them. 'Tis Paid, He makes his Angels Spirits, his Minif¢ers a flame of Fire : to
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