When the good Angels were to deli•r any message from God unto men, they •peared in the likeness of ayoung men, •y beautiful in sight, and sometimes inning with some excellent brightness. sometimes they have appeared in fiery bo•es, either like men, as in the vision of Isaiah in the Temple:b or like horses and harrets, as in the translation or transpor•tion cof Elijah, and in the protection of Elisha dagainst the Syrians. They •ue also appeared sometimes when men •ave seen them with their eyes ewaking: •nd sometimes to men in their fsleep: and sometimes also when men watched, •ut yet overtaken with some great gastonishment ⟨p. 16⟩of mind. The first kind of these apparitions is called in Scripture [Greek or Hebrew], ha vision: the 2. and 3. [Greek or Hebrew], a isight. But yet other whiles the kone is taken for the other.
When the good Angels were to deli•r any message from God vnto mē, they •peared in the likenesse of ayoung men, •y beautifull in sight, and sometimes •ning with some excellent brightnesse. •omtimes they haue appeared in firie bo•es, either like men, as in the vision of Esay in the Temple:b or like horses and harrets, as in the translation or transpor•tion cof Elias, and in the protection of Elizeus dagainst the Syrians. They •ue also appeared somtimes when men •aue seene them with their eyes ewaking: •nd sometimes to men in their fsleepe: and sometimes also when men watched, •ut yet ouertaken with some great gastonishment ⟨p. 16⟩of minde. The first kind of these apparitions is called in Scripture 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, ha vision: the 2. and 3. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a isight. But yet other whiles the kone is taken for the other.
- aGen. 18.2. and 4. c. 19. 2. Heb. 13.2. Judg. 13.6. &c. Mar. 16.5 Luke. 24.4. Act. 1.10.Gen. 18.2. and 4. c. 19. 2. Heb. 13.2. Iudg. 13.6. &c. Mar. 16.5 Luke. 24.4. Act. 1.10.
- bIsaiah. 6. Ezech. 1.Esay. 6. Ezech. 1.
- c2. King 2.2.
- d2. King 6.
- eGen. 18. & 19. Luk. 1.11. and 28.
- fMath. 1.20
- gReu. 1.10.
- h