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The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: revised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as love the truth, and desire to know the power of godliness. By H.H.The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: reuised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as loue the truth, and desire to know the power of godlinesse. By H.H.
London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for William Welby, 1612London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for VVilliam VVelby, 1612
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CHAP. VII. Of Angels.
AS God and his good Angels are about us, so the devil and evil angels: and as the good Angels have not been seen, but extraordinarily, so are the evil angels; and he that depriveth himself of this meditation, weakeneth his faith: For it is to our comfort and humbling: To our comfort, that albeit we be in danger, and no man with us; yet God and his Angels be with us. To humble us, that in evil doing, they both see us and can hurt us; as also the evil angels which still hover over us. And therefore we must know, that as the good Angels have appeared to good men for special defence, so the foul spirits do appear also to some men for special sins. And when evil spirits so appear, we may not with the Papists and the Jews believe they be souls departed, but the evil spirits in the air about us, Epes. 6. 11. 12. 13.
AS God and his good Angels are about vs, so the diuell and euill angels: and as the good Angels haue not been seene, but extraordinarily, so are the euill angels; and he that depriueth himselfe of this meditation, weakeneth his faith: For it is to our comfort and humbling: To our comfort, that albeit we be in danger, and no man with vs; yet God and his Angels be with vs. To humble vs, that in euill doing, they both see vs and can hurt vs; as also the euill angels which still houer ouer vs. And therefore we must knowe, that as the good Angels haue appeared to good men for speciall defence, so the foule spirits doe appeare also to some men for speciall sinnes. And when euill spirits so appeare, we may not with the Papists and the Iewes beleeue they be soules departed, but the euill spirits in the ayre about vs, Epes. 6. 11. 12. 13.