A26888:468
The certainty of the worlds of spirits and, consequently, of the immortality of souls…
The certainty of the worlds of spirits and, consequently, of the immortality of souls of the malice and misery of the devils and the damned : and of the blessedness of the justified, fully evinced by the unquestionable histories of apparitions, operations, witchcrafts, voices &c. / written, as an addition to many other treatises for the conviction of Sadducees and infidels, by Richard Baxter.The certainty of the worlds of spirits and, consequently, of the immortality of souls of the malice and misery of the devils and the damned : and of the blessedness of the justified, fully evinced by the unquestionable histories of apparitions, operations, witchcrafts, voices &c. / written, as an addition to many other treatises for the conviction of Sadduces and infidels, by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for T. Parkhurst, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Objection. But Scripture saith, that Abraham called one of these Lord.
Answer. That Name both Adonai and Elohun, are oft given to Creatures. And if the Name of Jehovah be sometimes used as to Angels, it is only meant to God, speaking by them whom Abraham knew to be present, though Invisible, and to know all that was said.
Answer. That Name both Adonai and Elohun, are oft given to Creatures. And if the Name of Iehovah be sometimes used as to Angels, it is only meant to God, speaking by them whom Abraham knew to be present, though Invisible, and to know all that was said.
Yet further, it was an Angel that appeared to M•ses in the burning the Bush, and so that sent him on his work to deliver the Israelites from Egypt, and Fortified him with power of Miracles, and made him his great ⟨p. 232⟩promises of Success: And yet no doubt it was God; and the Text is true, that affirmeth both: Therefore it must be God speaking and acting by the Ministry of an Angel, Commissioned to use his Name.