CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

1. We may be strongly convinced of the great necessity of Gods power in keeping of us by the Apostate Angels and lapsed Adam; What can more forcibly teach us this Truth then their Apostasy? Did not God create Angels full of Light and Glory like the Stars? and yet the Apostle Jude saith,¹ They kept not their first habitation; Did not also God create Adam after his own Image in Righteousness, yet how quickly did he become a Prodigal, and spent all? You see here the most glorious of all Creatures, furnished with a rich stock, yet in a very little space proved Bankrupts, and lost all; Oh then what shall the godly man think of himself who hath not such strength of grace as they had; And besides they had no corruption or principle of Rebellion within them to betray them as we have: Who then is not compelled by this consideration to acknowledge the glorious right hand of God to uphold his Servants from falling every moment, for in that all the Angels did not fall as well as some, it is to be attributed to the mere confirming grace of God, therefore they are called the Elect Angels, 1 Tim. 5.21. God did by his power graciously confirm them in what was good, and denied such help to those that revolted; Oh then let the Godly Soul pray fervently, ⟨p. 312⟩Lord keep me daily; Adam, yea, the glorious Angels could not keep themselves, and shall I think my self secure?

1. We may be strongly convinced of the great necessity of Gods power in keeping of us by the Apostate Angels and lapsed Adam; What can more forcibly teach us this Truth then their Apostacy? Did not God create Angels full of Light and Glory like the Starres? and yet the Apostle Jude saith,¹ They kept not their first habitation; Did not also God create Adam after his own Image in Righteousnesse, yet how quickly did he become a Prodigall, and spent all? You see here the most glorious of all Creatures, furnished with a rich stock, yet in a very little space proved Bankrupts, and lost all; Oh then what shall the godly man think of himself who hath not such strength of grace as they had; And besides they had no corruption or principle of Rebellion within them to betray them as we have: Who then is not compelled by this consideration to acknowledge the glorious right hand of God to uphold his Servants from falling every moment, for in that all the Angels did not fall as well as some, it is to be attributed to the meer confirming grace of God, therefore they are called the Elect Angels,