Chrill Janeof Agel.r. any P el a to d oo '. g t oory Chriftian ? Oh, the prideofmans nature ! when the more glorious nature ofthe Angels difdaine not to beour ¡cr- imes; and not onely to great and noble men,but to littleones,even toLazaru!. What adevillifh qualitie is envie and pride, that (irres us up to difdaine tobe ufefull one to another, efpecially to thofe thatare inferiours? Weknow it was the fpeech ofwickcd Cain; Am 1 my brothers keeper t Shall I (loupetohim ? Fleih and blood begins to take flare upon it. Alas, ifAngels had taken State upon them,where had this attendance bin ? The Devils,that kept not their fita flanding, be- ingpróudffpirits,they difdained thecalling they had thegood Angelshumble themfclves. God h;imfelfe,as it is ?fat: I 13. difdaines not to looke on things below. When the great Godbecame man, (hall we wonder that Angels Ihould attend -upon thenature that God bath fo honoured ? What a devillifh finne then is envie, and pride, anddifdaine ? Let thefeconfideratiotís move us, tobeout oflove with this difpofition: the An- gelsjoyat theconverfion ofothers (hall that be our heart1fmart and griefe, that is the joy of ,ono gels? Shall we defpife the worke ofregeneration, and the image of God in another ? Shall it be the.joy of Angels,'and fhall it beour forrow, the welfareand thrivingofothers fp:rituallyor our wardly? Shall we,out ofdifdaineand envie,think our (elves too good todoeany thing , when it is thedelight ofAngels i' The Angels are defcribed withwings, to¢lye, 14 in rrr pfaï, rLg. Angels dr fcription.
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