The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

These things are now severally to be applied to both these Creatures, beginning with the Angels, whom the Scripture is wont to call ^cAngels of Light, and ^dholy Angels; to note the purity wherein they were created. Our ⟨p. 78⟩Saviour ^ealso teacheth, that the perfection of men after the Resurrection, standeth in this, that they shall be as the Angels of God in Heaven. Their very fall implieth as much: for in that they stood not in the Truth, as our Saviour speaketh, John 8. 44. and as Jude hath it, Verse 6. of his Epistle, left their first estate; it followeth, that in the beginning they were created perfect.

These things are now seuerally to bee applyed to both these Creatures, beginning with the Angels, whom the Scripture is wont to call ^cAngels of Light, and ^dholy Angels; to note the puritie wherein they were created. Our ⟨p. 78⟩Sauiour ^ealso teacheth, that the perfection of men after the Resurrection, standeth in this, that they shall be as the Angels of God in Heauen. Their very fall implyeth as much: for in that they stood not in the Truth, as our Sauiour speaketh, Iohn 8. 44. and as Iude hath it, Verse 6. of his Epistle, left their first estate; it followeth, that in the beginning they were created perfect.

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