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A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein…
A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein every word and particle in the original is explained ... : being the substance of thirty years Wednesdays lectures at Black-fryers, London / by that holy and learned divine William Gouge ... : before which is prefixed a narrative of his life and death : whereunto is added two alphabetical tables ...A learned and very useful commentary on the whole epistle to the Hebrews wherein every word and particle in the original is explained ... : being the substance of thirty years Wednesdayes lectures at Black-fryers, London / by that holy and learned divine Wiliam Gouge ... : before which is prefixed a narrative of his life and death : whereunto is added two alphabeticall tables ...
London: printed by A.M. for Joshua Kirton, 1655
Chapter › Section 96: §. 96. Of the functions of Angels in relation to God.
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.
1. To God their supreme Lord. 2. To the Son of God, their Head. 3. To Sons of men, Christs members.
1. To God their supreme Lord. 2. To the Sonne of God, their Head. 3. To Sonnes of men, Christs members.
First, The Functions which Angels perform to God are these.
1. They attend Gods presence; This they do for the honour of his Majesty, and to set out his magnificence; This their attendance is thus set out, 1 King. 22. 19. I saw the Lord sitting on his Throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left: By the host of heaven Angels are meant. 2. They follow the Lord whithersoever he goeth; In this respect they are styled the chariots of God; that is, such as follow him for his service; That Angels are thereby meant, is evident by the Psalmists own expression of himself, Psal. 68. 17. ⟨p. 67⟩the chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of Angels; And the Lord is there said to be among them, because they are ever about him whithersoever he goeth. 3. They are Gods Messengers to be sent up and down on Gods errands; Their usual title Angel importeth as much; And so much is expressly set down, Ps. 104. 4. In this respect they are said to minister to him, Dan. 7. 10. 4. They are much employed about declaring the will of God; By Angels God delivered his Law on Mount Sinai,