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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 101: §. 101. Of the benefits which Saints receive by the Ministry of Angels.
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§. 101. Of the benefits which Saints receive by the Ministry of Angels.
The Benefits which we receive by the Ministry of Angels concern the good of our bodies or of our souls, and that in this life, and in the life to come; They may all be reduced to these heads.
THe Benefits which we receive by the Ministry of Angels concern the good of our bodies or of our souls, and that in this life, and in the life to come; They may all be reduced to these heads.
1. An exceeding high honour to have such attendants; For they are ministering 1spirits for us, v. 14. It was counted the highest honour that could be done to him whom the King delighted to honour, that one of his noble Princes should wait upon him; But all the noble Princes of God attend on Saints: Well weigh their forementioned properties (§. 87.) and this honour will conspicuously appear to be the greater; Surely this is an undoubted evidence that Saints are the Spouse of Christ, Members of his body, and adopted to be Gods children, and heirs of his kingdom. These are the true and proper grounds of this high honour. Mortal Kings use so to honour their Spouses and Children: Adam in his Innocency had not such honour. 2. Protection from dangers; For the Angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him and delivereth them, Psa. 34. 7. And God hath given them a charge to keep his Saints in all their ways, &c.