62 oftheRich rmtoz adLerzaruf. to the righteous : Of priuiledge; fecing God vouchfafeth fuckhonour to Pooredui;l and afbes, as to make hip noble Courtiers,&e Angels,theirattendants.Was it not great 1o, nour for Mardoc.ri,a defpifed Iewe, to haue o great a Pecre oftheEmpire as Hermanwas, tohold his flirrop ? to be fet vpon the be ofthe Kings horfes by him , and to ride tri- umphantly through the Citie, while he lark; peel t ? 10.6. 10,1 I.Then,how great honour for fuchpoore wretches as we are, tohaue fuch glorious Peeres as the Angelsare not onebut fo many,nor for force one houre,but focontinual- ly and Ril! , to waite vpon vs ? Thepoorett Chr;Ekian (ifa true Chrillian) hath greater roialrie by thrfe heavenlygar- dians and their high wall about him , then Sakmcn inthe :wades ofhis two hundredTarQets, and three hundred pieta'sof beatengold. Salomonhadgreat glory by thrfe; but the mem- bers of the true Salomon, hauefarre greater by the Artigels a. bout them in all their wayes. And as their priuiledge is great hereby ; fo who can tell what a comfort it is for Chri[lians in ciiil:cile to haue fuch about them, not only while they ca a farcebreathe vnder the hote purfuitsof their deadly enitnies , but are ready to breathe out their IA ga f e on their death. be ds ?forin dan. ger will theynot fay ; Wefeare not though tonne thoufands jhanld befet vs; ? Plat. 3.6. And at their death ; that be v#hvsaremore then they that be with them r 2. King. 6.16. Our foules are in a firre hand , being kept by the Angels ; and they (as careful' Nurfes) willorder all our wayes. In- deede the good Angels doenot apreare ordinarily : No moredoe the euill, and yet we doubt not but hurt is done by the one ;and why fhould wedoubt that our helpe is by the other e Let vs put on thofe eyeswherewith E/s fa(Awe I he nountaine full of horfes and charets of firedent him , 2. . Ring. 6, 17 : and in all dangers we will feedsnr ucb. and in the middes ofdeath,our Pureredemption. FOr we íh411 fee the Angels that caried Lazarus to heauen,ready to carry vs thither : and if they carry vs thither, who Mall pull vs thence ? A
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