le° einExpofition of the C H A P. I V III. It can be no duty ofthe Saintsof theNewTeamem to worfhip Angels,whrare their fellow f rvants in the worfhip ofJefasChrift. Verfe VII. HZAving in oneTefiimonq fromthe Scripture expreffing the fubjefion of Angelsun- to the Lord Chrift, tignally proved his main Defign; The Apofile.proceedeth to thefarther. confirmation of it in the fame way, and that by balancing tingle Telti- monies concerning the Naturèand Offices of the Angels, with fome others concern- ing the fame things in the LordChrift ofwhom he treats. And the firft of theft re.. lating unto Angelshe layes down in the next verfe. Verfe 7. Kaa mpds µat 7613 .iyyfxuf 5914.y d mo:w"v 7atioiyBlttlr áv7; vptúµara, XJ mil >,&TaQyiis ávtÌt mvpds qxíya. .rtys 'yyí There is not much of Difficulty in thewords: /pas ¿yy4aso, unto the Angels. Syr. Ñ71440 IV, of, or concerningtheAngels. '7N, isoften ufed for 71, and on the con- trary, andweds for *1 ; fo that ipds mil ii 4o es, to the Angels, is as much as de: oft ei ís ,r, of, or concerning the Angels. But as concerning the Angels, (or) , and of the Angels be faith ; for theft words are not fpoken unto the Angels , as the following words are direly fpoken unto the Son ; He is thePerfon as well fpeken ee, as fpoken of; but to are not. the Angels in the place from whencethis Teftimony is taken , where- in theHoly Ghoft only declarcth the ProvidenceofGod concerning them. A,eyst, hefaith ; that is, God' the Father faith ; or the Holy Ghòft in the Scripture faith, as was before obferved, At raFyas. Tès úeîegyis ; as,lrpyds, isMiniflerpublicas ; apublickMinifier, or Agent; fromMille-, which is the fame with Poyfo,p, as Hefychius renders it, publiclt. He that isemploy- ed in any great and publick work is rs1/6,ós. Hence of old Magif }rates were termed ae.1etyoi eeA', as theyare by Paul Sedatrn ea, Rom. 13. 4. The Minifiers ofGod. Arid Chap. 8.74 z, of thisEpiffle, hecalls the Lord Jefus in refped of his Prieffly Office, alt áyiav'aeilm,dr, the publick MinifferofHoly 7hings; and himfelf, in refpett of his Apo(ilefhip, su,l. ,dp 'tool xsui, Korn. is. 16. AMiniflerof JefasChriff. So the name is on this account equipollent unto thatofAngels ; For as that denoteth the Mixon of thofe fpirits unto their work, fo doth this their Employment therein. This Tettimony is taken from Pfeil. 104. V. 4. where the words are -to the fame purpofe. tent? wx 1i111wD r11r111 1 +7Nv70 rIwÿ. The Tranflation now in the Greek is the fame with that of the Apoltle ; only for ravels exSys, a flame offire; tome Co_ pies have it aüe paíyov, a flamingfire, more exprcfs to the Original; and the change probablywas made in theCopies from this place of the Appflle ; Symmxhus, aüe t alpdo, a devouring Fire. Verfe 7. But unto (of) the Angeli hefaith, who mal1eth his Asgej,spit'its,. andhit .Lfiners a flan* offire 5 or flaming fire. The Apofile here'entereth upon his Third Argument to prove the Preheminenceof the LordChrift above Angels, and that by comparing them together, either as to their Natures, or as to theirEmployments, according as.the one and the other is fer forth declared and teltitied unto in the Scriptures of the Old Teftament. And this ttrft Place which he refers unto Angels, we thall now explain and vindicate. And in fo doing enquire, both Who they are of whom.the Pfàlmi5f fpeaks, and what it is that heáfftrmeth of them. There is a threefold fenfe given of the wordsof the Pfalmift, as they lye in theHe- brewTexi. r. The Firft is that of the Modern Jews, who deny 'that there is any mention made of Angels : affirming the Subject that the PfalmJì treats of tobe the Winds,' with Thunder and Lightning, which God employesas his Mefngersand Miniffers to ceomplith his Will and Pleafure: So he ¡made the Winds his Meffingers when he Cent them
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