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A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude
A practical commentary, or An exposition with notes on the Epistle of Jude. Delivered (for the most part) in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex. By Thomas Manton, B.D. and minister of Covent-Garden.
London: printed by J.M. for Luke Fawn, 1658
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AN EXPOSITION WITH NOTES On the EPISTLE of JUDE. › Verse 9 › Question and answer 4
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1. By their constant Communion with God, for their always beholding his Face, must needs beget the more holy awe and reverence: Michael durst not, &c. 'Tis a great advantage to holiness, to set God before our eyes, and to foresee him in all our ways, Psalm 18. 23. I was upright before thee; that is, the thought of his being before God made him more sincere; He that doth evil hath not seen God, in the third Epistle of John, vers. 11. that is, hath no acquaintance with him, the good Angels being so near the chiefest good, are at the greater distance from evil.
1. By their constant Communion with God, for their always beholding his Face, must needs beget the more holy awe and reverence: Michael durst not, &c. 'Tis a great advantage to holiness, to set God before our eyes, and to foresee him in all our ways, Psalm 18. 23. I was upright before thee; that is, the thought of his being before God made him more sincere; He that doth evil hath not seen God, in the third Epistle of John, vers. 11. that is, hath no acquaintance with him, the good Angels being so neer the chiefest good, are at the greater distance from evil.
2. By their continual obedience; They do his Commandments, hearkening to the voice of his word, Psalm 103. 20. exercise perfecteth and strengtheneth every habit; the Angels, the more they do the will of God, the more they hate what is contrary to his will; the evil Angels grow worse by frequent acts of spite and malice, and the good Angels better by frequent acts of duty: For the first, see 1▪ John 3. 8. The Devil sinneth from the beginning, Satan is still a sinning, and his whole life a continued act of Apostasy: so the good Angels, are always doing, they rest not day and night,