• I 526 1rU1n Expojition vpon bath rqferued in euer/afiinf7 A 1 bo]dening themlCJues to !inne: for be it they j: I I i , t• b \\'Crc as the Angelsm g1fts ; yet 1f they tlnnc C!Jaines vt(der darf<tnei, '}lnEO I they !hall beas Angels in puniflu11cm alfo. ' h · d of. /; Sccondly,hcnccnorc that Angels arc fuht · if tU gement C!J t 1e great !bneesthough inui!ible, hauing boeing, !it'e, Ja l: nfc; Md vndcrfl•andlllg,& arc not ondy qu 3_ • ry•· l1tics; for pure qu:~.lities nc1thcr can f1nnc, nor I _ .... Thc(c\\Ords contprchcnd the lccond'cxambe cariablc of punill-nncm, as the Angels ale plc, '-'hereby the fir!! pan ofthe former rcafon here {aid to be. Ob. It will be faid, !Ccino tht·y 1s confi.m1cd: n~mcly, that who!Ocucr giuc are capable of punif1HllCnt 1 rhcy mull bebbod1_ rhcmfcluc"s libenic tO !innc)llull be Jdhoycd; ly fub[l-a!'lccl;.. Anfiv. No: it is fufficient theybe here prooucd Gy this exlmplc of the Angdl~ I fub(hnccs tobe c11pahle ofpunif11mem,thounh themfclucs.In "':nch c6f·dcr three po11ns· fi1 tl, fl'iritua!J; fonhc punif1m,cnt of hell is fpirit~~ the perfons that finned, The Angells.] secondall.\Vhcre WC fee the Sadduccs and orhers eucn Jy, the fl,1ne or fall of the l\l'igcb;'>•htch k_ept 11ot 1 ofour da1es nrc cieceJ\lcd, v. ho th1nke Angels thetr- Jir-ft ejfare, lmt lefe thctrownchabrtlltl!m.] 1 tobe 1 nothmg buc mOtiOns and melancholy Thirdly, their puni{hmcnt; baharh refonud in p:1ffions: and the Ltbertmcs alfo, who thmkc I eucrlaJltng chameJ. ] 1n the pcrfons Gnning,wc B they arc nothing bur gbod and bad fucccffe. ihauc (undrie confiderations;as.firH,that it pleallu:dly, r~c t~ame A~ge:\1 1s .not a name ~f >.;/l¥p}ld (erll the t}i'rir ·of God to chufc rhis example of n:nure, but of office: wluch figmfi.cth that thett "~~"'it·p~-roi:r the Angel:; to proou.::: his purpofe, and that 1 office ~\•as to be the mcifengcrs o£God, who· ~~b~':~:~~<· mofl: fidy: bccaufc they arc the cxccllencie of were t:o Hand round about bim as :1ttendams aH creamres, for fo the Scriptures eucry \\'here i rcadic to be fcm fo·rth at hi"sPleafiac for the ex~ :fprake of the>m; as when the higbdl praife that 1 c,cution o~his wil\~in .all th~ parts o£the world. bcl6gcd to the infcliour crearurcs is acrriburpd I Jn 'v- hrch"ftindion of theirs they arc propoml1Vnto them in Scripture, the lp.each is dr':lwne ded as~'p:ntcr.ncs toNs 'and examples :tOr ouri-. 1 from the gloric ofAngels. <IIct1.3 3.lacobcoin- I mitati0n: who ought accordingly to:"fer' our · i 'mending the fauourablc countenance of Efatt, 1 [clues it~ the prcfencc of God, ~~SJP.rdl: and i 1 hecing reconciled vmo him, faith l~ec (aw his rcaclie to perfonrle hiS'\>\· ill: for fo W·e-pray daiface :t'S the f-1,ccnj'mz .Angeff. So Manna is tal.:. ly, Let thJ willbe done 'inearth tU it if induauen; ledAngeli.J foode: that is,a moll: excellent food, that is·,' giuc vs grace·"'jth chectfulrr(lnn1d rea- .that if chofe excellent creatures l11ould nee(!e dines to perfol"me rhy'will.hcrc·on eiuih;:is rhc , fo!?dc,they could wifh for no.bettcr.I. Cor!Ij." Angels in heauen doe :fOr whofoeucr·wouh:J be 1 .: Though r fooHld_lfre~t/zywirh the tongue ~rmen like"the .Angclsrin hc:ruen, mufl be.herein like- : and Angells ;-.fignifying that .i£ Angells had C them firfl-in carth.Now in t-hat rhisnamcis herC· I tongues~ thcy:nmfl ncedcs b~ ·moH admira?lc, giucn t6t:h~ Deuils in_Ov.•icked fp:irit.i,it:fhCw:.~ ; ~diuine, and e:xtcllcnr. Doruid•1j>caking of tht , erh tw6things: firfl, "''hat their office was in gloriClt·hat man once had, and in-admidttion ~~ ' the c'rc:t~ion~vmo'\·Vhii:-h they\vercfittN& deit, bceing not able to conraine bimfelfc, br:ea-f putcd'$ocon·Cliy,thc fufhcc: oftheirpu'ntfhmc:nt 1 !k.eth out imo afpeech full ofpaffion : 0 Ldrti, forthe: n.cglca: oftheexecut.ion oft'lfc:fanre. ---. ' wEat iJ m:m that thoH 11rt fo mindefull of him tFourthly obferue the difti.nCiionofAn·geJs.; J !thou haft maCie him little i11[eriour to the Atiofwh:ith!foiltckc}ttrl1cfrfirA-eHate;l ath~rs(..of : gells; n1ewing chat the chicfe gl·orie of men in which hc'herc fpe·akcrh)le'ftthcii-.firfb:OBiri·cin:· , t-bci.r.bdt d~te, is infcriour to the excellent> fonteft·dotJ~ and fomc1e~l;thC.grouridn£..,{hich ~ condition of Angcls.Yea funher,it is a part 1 df diflinClio"'n "'Paul mentiqncth r. Tim. ) . 211., l ! the gloric of Gbd to be attended of thcm;an<l chargoh.,before God&hin/,[f,_A,~j Some' . a part of our glor-ie ~ftcr thc.r.cfurrcCtion td b~1 thcrfarc~ are cletlcd,:at1Jl(bCcaufeelct.titnlpi'e-· . like them. Whence note the fcnpc of the Apofi1ppofcth a refufall).othcrs arc rci~Cled; no. ftlc, 'Nhich is hcm:C to ~each vs,:. th.:lt no glorie other caufe ofthis ch!linB:ion is-kno.<i•n.ro·man, bcautic, ot'cxc~Hencie of the rre:nurc, can ex: D b.:ntthb.wll'of God,·andhis goo-d.ple.afure. Ob·. · empt it from the puni01meDt of finnt, '"''henlit Ifany ~'n3n• fay ,it\o\1 as-be~nufc.God forcf3:w that \ falleth therci6tQ}' .n_ay, the marc:glotious .the 1 fome"Wo"Hld fall, 'and.roJhets would:fumd. I anfinnefull creature is,rhc more griC.nous puniJb:.: I fJ.·cr"' "tl{a:-lfs.OO'tanf( :ufOt God did not ancly I mcnr may cxpeCl: iC, if Gnnebe'folmd therein"'; forer'ceel.H< fall dffom:-;hm decreed ::tlfo before as the Angeb.here: which mly in{huct thofc a.JI ~v~rttls,' :"to confihl"l(Lfomc in their flare, I who a~rc in thcfc fchovl.es of ,tbc ·Prophcts, in :md to p:1tfe by otl1ers in his iull:ice; Jo as the I! i .M'lli-ch many mell cx.ccll in ra~a gifts, of ·whoni t3~re f.H~tJ[~lfct tcfi_in:his<go?d will,,.,.p_!c~.\o\1 il: r in regard of their wifedome aqd knowkdge ! lil1athC- fame n1aketb ILmon mft; n.otgwmg vs 1 m:y ~c f.1idc,as rhc won;an of1c;ko~h faidc of, anfJcaue ·othcrwif~.ro~difputcbf this·d-oChinc, , ' I Ji)auid, ::! , Sam. 14. ·17 ...1'4J'Lord 1 r:s .ulanAn- J or curi'o{)Oy •to fcarc~1 out"the fccrers Of it, but 1 ._f!,tfl~~f God, t"o heard gooq-:1n_d bad; An<.~ t~~Y ; rathct·t·o,tl':~.ntl .itndmirntion;& f;~y·with Paul, Rom. ,,,B· l j arc the A"g~lsof th"e 'Dordof hoftes;Mslac.\z.:fJ. j 0 the ''depth of rh'e r:ii:hes {;oth -o_f t~'e wifodome .X.ci for all this let thcpl not. be puffed vp hp-~. and k.!,Jorv!tdgc of God! how vnfottrchcable are I ' by, but walkc in fc~rc and trembling, not c.Ql- : hU iUd,gemenu,andhiowain P•iftfindihg!!!!.t! _ \,_----L---------------------------------------------N~o~L__-· Prat.S.s·
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