Chap. 25. An Expoitien sloe theBook of J OS. Verf. 3. 69 t eampe of the Affjriatee, an hundred few-leers and five tbowfand ç and robes they arofe early in the morning, behold, they were all dead ,csrpfes. Ifone Angel deftroyed an army, what cannot an army of Angels doe ? The Angels of God are armyes without numf,er. We read them exnreffed by fuch great numbers, as render their numbers inexprefiible. So in Dsnids vifion ofthe Glory ofGod ( Cloap 7. i O. ) A fiery f reame ifned,and tameforthfrom before him:thou/and tboufands mninifired mate him, and ten thousand times ten thcufand flood before tiro ; that is , an innutíserabe company flood before him, Chrift favd to peter when he drew bis (word and fought to-refcue hi al. from tw;e Officers of the High P iell that came to arreft and bring bin] to Judgement, Pus up efáy ¡word a- gaine into his place,for all they that tale the (word /hall peroth with the fuord.Tbinkefl thou that Icannot now pray to my father, and he /hall prefently givemee more then twelve "legions of 4egel, (M ° Eh. 26, 53. ) Here is an army of Angels. Chrift fpeaketh in Eh, Ro. man phrafe, who reckoned their armyes by legions, as we doe. by regiments; Six thoufand fsx hundred fixry fixwas the numberofa legion as tome affirme, and if fe, Then twelve legionsmac Se- ventynine thou/andnine hundredninety two ; a great Army ; but ( faith Chrift) my fathercan fend mere then twelve legions. But howmany more, no man can lay. Chrift piccheth upon a great cercaine number, to thew that het night have what number he would, ifbee did but call for them. Secondly,The Sun,M000ne,& Starres,are the Armyes of God. (h{dges 5. so. ) They foughtfrom heaven, That is, the heavenly or aerial' meteors, wind, thunder,hayle,did as it were jot ne their eónfederate forces for the deltruttion of I(reels enemies ( as they haddone before, ya/b. t o. t 1. and as they did afterwards, t Sam.7. io )yea as it followeth in the fame place , the Starres in their courfesfought againft Sif ra. The Starres Charged like an Army in barrel array ,rayling (Formes and dreadful! tenipefts by their in- fluences,and fo might be fayd to fight agair$ and +nine the whole armyof Sifera. By all which Rhetorical' expreflions the Spirit would lead us tounderftand, that the Lord himfelfe by invifible powers did fight against Sifera,while Israel fought him with avi- fibie power. Surely if the Starres be the Lords armyes, wee may well fay is there any number cf his armyes ? When the Lord would thew Abraham that his feed fhould be an innumerable ac- T ttt2 my,
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