Book.IV. TnE HOLY ANGELS cALLED THE SONS OF GOD. 629 M ·E TAP H 0 R. PAR .ALL EL. V. ' 'Varchers or Watchmen go V. Angels go about, or rather fly up and up and down to fee what the Stare · down in the Earth, to fee what the State and and Condition of Thlllgs rs; they Condition of God's People more cfpecially is. take frriCl: Obfervarion of Perfons Hence they are faid to have Wings, which denote and Thi~gs. their Swifrnefs in their Work. . We have walked to and fi·o through the Earth, and behold, all o{he Earth fitteth )lilt, and is. at re)f, Zeth.. i. 1 r. I N F E R E N C E S. L WHAT infinite Grace and Favor doth God manifeft to his poor Peopk, in giving his Angels fuch a frriEt Charge over them, and to caufe fuch gloriom Creatures ro watch and keep them Day and Night? !I. What Honor alfo hath God conferred on his Children hereby? Every Reliever hath greater Attendance, yea, .a more glorious Retinue, than the mightieft Prince or Monarch in the .World. >THE:HOLY ANGELS COMPARED TO THE MORNING-STARS• .When ihe Morning-Stars fang together, &c. .Job xxxviii. 7. 'S'l'ARS .are taken two ways: }'irft, Properly. •Secondly, Metaphorically. Some under.ftand by Stars in this place, the Stars which God hath fet in the Fir– mament of Heaven, or Stars in a proper Senfe: Others, as Mr. Caryl on Job xxxviii. page Sr. obferves, the holy Angels, whi,h,. faith he, may well be called Stars, or Mor;zing-Stars, by a. Metaphor, &c. METAPHOR. P A •R A L L E :L. I. ANGELS are very beautiful Creatures, their Glory is wonderful. H ence Stephen's Face was faid to be as it had been the Face of an An– gel, Afts vi. ttlt. and very beautiful Perfons are faid to· refemble or fee m like Ane;els. Though they have nor a v.ifi ble bodily Beauty., yet they have a better Beauty than any Body. I. MORNING-Stars are full of . Beauty, bright, and glonous. II. Morning-Stars give Light.; II. Angels are not only very beautiful Crea- . th~y are not only beautiful but •.tures, but alfo full of Light. We read of an lhining. The chief Morning-fl:ar, Angel in the Revelatiom, that the whole.Earrh called Lucifer, fignifies a Lightwas lighted with his Glory. This ihews that An– bringer. ·gels .are very glorious and lhinino-.- Though I underfl:and that is not f]x>ken of~ proper An– gel; yet it lhews that A'ngels are full of Light, and therefore called Angels of Light. Ill. Stars are Gurdes to ManIII. Angels are and have been as Guides to the ners, by which they know how to Saints, and ft'ir·itual Mariners. They guided or !leer a right Courfe. gave direction unro Lot, to efcape the Flames of . . . Sodam; and led Peter our of Prifon, and thereby 'faved hrm from rmmrnent Danger. A braham told hrs Servant, God would fend his Angel to guide, or,pro[per his Way, Gm. xxiv. 40. THE HOL;y ANGELS CALLED THE SONS OF GOD. 'I'here was a Day when the Sons of God came andprefented themfelves before God, Job i. 6. And all the Sons of Godjhoutedfor Joy, Job xxxviii. 7• THE Chaldee Paraphrafe is exprefs, that the Sons of God here are the Angels : 'Ihe Armies of Angelsjhoutedfor Joy. And the Septuagint (as Car;•! obferves) arc as clear for It, fayrng, Whe;z all my Angels jimg for Joy. To this do moft Expofitors . a~rce. ,x Obietl,
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