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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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2. We are bound more then they, as being of an inferior rank: and acts of submission and obedience, do chiefly oblige inferiors, the Angels themselves are inferior to God; but dwellers in Houses of clay, much more; that passage of the Psalmist is emphatical, Psal. 103. 20. The Angels that excel in strength do his Commandments: shall the Peasant scorn that work in which the Prince himself is engaged? if the glorious mighty Angels durst not sin against God, we should not much more: When John would have worshipped the Angel, he saith, Rev. 22. 9. See thou do it not, for I am thy ⟨p. 383⟩fellow servant: Ah who would decline the work, when an Angel is our fellow servant? when these mighty spirits put their necks to the work of the Lord, shall sorry man be excused?
2. We are bound more then they, as being of an inferior rank: and acts of submission and obedience, do chiefly oblige inferiours, the Angels themselves are inferiour to God; but dwellers in Houses of clay, much more; that passage of the Psalmist is emphatical, Psal. 103. 20. The Angels that excel in strength do his Commandments: shall the Peasant scorn that work in which the Prince himself is engaged? if the glorious mighty Angels durst not sin against God, we should not much more: When John would have worshipped the Angel, he saith, Rev. 22. 9. See thou do it not, for I am thy ⟨p. 383⟩fellow servant: Ah who would decline the work, when an Angel is our fellow servant? when these mighty spirits put their necks to the work of the Lord, shall sorry man be excused?
3. We are the more bound for their sakes, because of their Tutelage, they are present with us: we are awed by a man of gravity, much more should we be by the presence of an Angel: When Cato was upon the Stage, they durst not call for their obscene Sports; there is an Angel always by you; What reports (think you) will they carry to Christ, if they should see any thing that is unseemly?