1. The Holy Angels are the Guides of separated Souls, in their Journey to Heaven. It is a long Journey from a dying Bed on Earth, to the Heaven of Heavens: The one being distant from the other, some Millions of Miles, and a Way the Soul never went before, and to it, an unbeaten Path; it stands in need of a Guide, to direct it in its Way, which is well known unto the Angels, that have so often gone to and fro, from the ⟨p. 36⟩one to the other. Many Passengers in a Ship, from hence to the East Indies, through' the vast and wide Ocean, will need a Pilot to steer their Course, or else might never arrive to their intended and desired Harbour: So the Soul that is to pass through the vast Regions of the fluid Air, in a longer Voyage, (in respect of Distance) will need some to conduct it, that it might not miss its Way. It may be, it goes out of the Body, not knowing whither it is going, and how then should it know its Way? Therefore God that hath sent his Angels to direct and prosper the Way of his Servants on a Journey from one Place to another upon Earth, (Gen. 24. 7, 40.) will much more send his Angels to direct their Souls, in their Travel from Earth to Heaven.
1. The Holy Angels are the Guides of separated Souls, in their Journey to Heaven. It is a long Journey from a dying Bed on Earth, to the Heaven of Heavens: The one being distant from the other, some Millions of Miles, and a Way the Soul never went before, and to it, an unbeaten Path; it stands in need of a Guide, to direct it in its Way, which is well known unto the Angels, that have so often gone to and fro, from the ⟨p. 36⟩one to the other. Many Passengers in a Ship, from hence to the East Indies, thro' the vast and wide Ocean, will need a Pilot to steer their Course, or else might never arrive to their intended and desired Harbour: So the Soul that is to pass through the vast Regions of the fluid Air, in a longer Voyage, (in respect of Distance) will need some to conduct it, that it might not miss its Way. It may be, it goes out of the Body, not knowing whither it is going, and how then should it know its Way? Therefore God that hath sent his Angels to direct and prosper the Way of his Servants on a Journey from one Place to another upon Earth, (Gen. 24. 7, 40.) will much more send his Angels to direct their Souls, in their Travel from Earth to Heaven.
