I EL Angela oAce doublc. Cbrifi (eene of Angels.: in Jfài 6. to flew their delight: in their torten. dance, and wings to cover their faces, and their fret, to thew their adoration, and reverence of God, the nearer they come to God, the morere- verence' fo there is no Chrifttan, but like the Angels , thenearer he comes to God , the more heabafethhimtelfe , and adores God, as /06, when he came nearer toGod thenhe was before, I abhorremyfelfe(faith he) induit and afhes, when God came to talke with him; the. Angels, the nearer they come to God , the more reverence they fhew,the mere they cover their faces inhis prefence. Andwith theother wings they fly,and doe their duty, to Phew their expedition in their fervice toChriff, and his Church, they doe rea- dily what they doe, let us imitate the Angels in this. The Angels have a double office, a fuperior office, and an inferior ; the fuperior office they have, is to attend uponGod, toierve God and Chritt, tominifler to our head ; the inferiorof- fice is, to attend his Church, and to conflict with the evill Angels that are about us conti- nually. It is good for us toknow our prerogat ives,our priviledge, and our flrength ; not to make as proud,but to (litre usup to thankfulneffe,and to a holy carriage anfwerable:it is apoint not much thought on by the belt of us all , we forget it, and betray our owne comfort Satan abufeth us, to make us forget the dignity and flrength thatwee have, hereby we difhonour God, and . wrong
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