C t:I A P. 9. Of YYifidome, 6c. 523 not a little affe5ted, with the ioy of the `lad tidings which they brought vnto the Shepheards , They prayfed God, andfaid, Glorieveto Godon high, in Earthpeace, and goodWill towards men. And our Saviour telleth vs, There q as ioy Hawnwith the Angels of Gad for /inners that q Luk.r f.7,ro; repent. Thirdly, They are prefl and readie at Gods Common- dement, with all fpeed to put the fame in prac} ice. This the r Pfalrnii} commendeth in them,Bleffe I E H o v A H, r Pfal.to;.zv. yes his Angels,which doe his Word,which harken to his voice. Our Sauiour likewife teacheth vs to pray , Thywill bee done inEarth as it is Heaven. The fpeed andcheerfulneffe they vfe in executingGods Commiflïons, was figured veder the Law, by the Cherubim in the Tabernacle, painted wild, wings : wherefore, Pfahne IS. Yo. God is faid to come riding vpon them as vpon Chariots , and flying, as it were, with wings. In the vifon of f Efaia f Efay they haue each ofthem fixewings, whereofwith two they 'lye yea, fo fwiftlyand fo earneilly doe they flyc, that, as it were, they wearie themfelues with flying, as ofthe Angell: Gabriel it is expreffely fpoken. Thefe qualities c ban.g.sY. before-named are all of them figured in thevrfion of u Ez.echiel, where the foure liuing creatures , which Ore u svcb.Y.to; the holy Angels, are faid to haue each ofthem foure fa- &10.14. ces; .theface o/4 Man, theface ofa Lyon, the face ofan Oxe,and thefaceofanEagle. By the fimilitudeofa Man, their wifedome and vnderf}anding is incled , which a- mong all earthly Creatures is onely tobe found in man ; in a Lyon, their f}rength and power ; their labour and i nduftrie in anOxe or Heyfar : (without whom the crib is etnptie) but much increafe commeth by his trawl!, faith the Wifeman in his Proaerbs.And laifly,theirfwvift- neffe in an Eagle , which the better to recommend in that Fowle , X lohn giueth him the Epithete ofa flying x Reuel.47; Eagle. The glorie of thefe Angels bee dcfcribeth lay- ing, that Y out of the middea of that fire ( the vifible y eveb,Y,4, fine
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