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SEPARATE
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self
with all
the
contents
:
And
this
was
necessary
that
he
might
manage,
and govern the
affairs
of
the
church
and the
world in the several
.successive ages
according
to the counsels
of
the
Father. He therefore, and
he
alone
among
creatures,
knows
the
end
from
the
begin-
ning,
as
I
hinted
before.
But
as
the
seals
of
this book
are opened
by
degrees,
and
the counsels
of
God
are
executed
in the
lower
world, doubtless the
angels
that
are
ministers
of
the providence
of
Christ,
carry
tidings
to
heaven
of
all
the
greater
changes
that relate
to the
church
;
and
Jesus
the
Son
of God,
the
King of saints
and
of
nations, receives the
shouts and honours
of
the
heavenly
world, as
fast
as the
joyful
.tidings
arrive
thi-
then.
Nor
is this
spoken by
mere conjecture, for
the scripture
informs us
of
the certainty
of it.
We
have
frequent
ac-
counts
in
the book
of
Revelations,
of
.,
°w
special ho-
nours
that
were
paid to
him
that
sits
upon the
throne,
and to the Lamb at certain
special periods
of
time.
When
he first
took upon him
the
execution
of
his
Father's
decrees, the living
creatures
"
and elders
fell
down before the Lamb,
and
they sung
a
new song,
say-
ing,
thou
art
worthy to
take
the
book,
and
to
open
the
seals
thereof;
and ten thousand
times
ten thousand
angels
echoed
to
the
song
with
a
loud
voice,
worthy
is
the Lamb.
that
was
slain
;"
&c.
Rev.
v.
8,
9,
11.
So
when
the
servants
of God
were sealed
in their
foreheads,
the
innumerable multitude
of
saints
shouted
salvation
to
our
God
which
sitteth upon the throne,
and
to
the
Lamb
;" &c.
Rev.
vii.
9,'.10.
So
when
these venth angel
sounded, there
were
great
voices in
heaven,
saying,
"
the
kingdoms
of
this world are become
the kingdoms
of
our
Lord
and,
of
his
Christ, and
lie
shall reign for
ever:
and
ever
:
and
the
four and twenty elders
fell
upon
their
faces,
and
worshipped
and gave
thanks
;"
Rev.
xi.
15,16.
Again, when
the
old
dragon and
his angels were.
cast
out
9f
heaven,
there
was
a
loud
voice, saying,
now is conic
salvation
and
strength,
and the
kingdom
of
our
God,
and
the
power
of
his
-
Christ:
for
the accuser
of
our
bre-
thren
is
cast
down
;" Rev.
xii.
9,
,10.
So
upon;
the
fall
of
Babylon, chap.
xiv.
and
the victory of the
saints,,
chap.
and the
final
destruction;
of
antichrist, chap.
xix.
glen
are
-new
honours done
by
the saints to
God
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