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Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary
Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary. : Prefaced, with some observations upon the turns of divine Providence, now bringing of mighty changes, upon the world. : Whereto is added, the address of condolence [sic], made unto His Majesty, by the nonconformist ministers, on the decease of that illustrious queen.Observanda. The life and death of the late Q. Mary. : Prefaced, with some observations upon the turns of divine Providence, now bringing of mighty changes, upon the world. : Whereto is added, the address of condolenee [sic], made unto His Majesty, by the nonconformist ministers, on the decease of that illustrious queen.
printed by B. Green for Samuel Philips, 1695
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III. The Angels of the Lord Jesus Christ, those Mighty and Holy Spirits, of the Invisible World, have a wonderful Influence upon the Changes that come to pass in this World. This was what the Prophet here saw, in Ezek. 10.9. When I looked, Behold the four Wheels by the Cherubims; one Wheel by one Cherub, and another Wheel by another Cherub. Truly, there is an Inexpressible Agency of those Cherubims, the Angels of the Lord, in the Turns that the World is agitated with. As one ingeniously says, The Angels are capacious Wheels that move in the great Clock of the world; so, the Wheels of Providence are marvellously Turned, by the Ministry of those Angels, whom God hath made Ministering Spirits, and who wait about the Throne of our Jesus. When a Great Prince was to be Dethroned, by the Turn of these Wheels, it was said, in Dan. 4.23. A Watcher, and an Holy One came down from Heaven, to accomplish it; but that Watcher was the Angel of the Lord. The Courts of Princes, are some of the principal Wheels, according to which the Concerns of men do Turn about: yea, ⟨p. 16⟩but as there were Angels in the Court of Persia, to Steer the Minds, and bring the Fates of those that had any Business there, so 'tis in every other Court, unto this Day. The Living Creatures whom Ezekiel saw by the Wheels many years ago, are Living to this Hour; & they are to be the Officers of the Lord Jesus Christ in Turning the Wheels of this World, even until their Office be superseded by the Succession of the World to come. What said the Angel Gabriel, in Dan. 10.20. I will Return to fight with the Prince of Persia, and when I am gone forth, Lo, the Prince of Grecia shall come. Alexander, the King of Groecia, with an Army of about Thirty Thousand, Invades Darius, the King of Persia, though he had an Army of Six Hundred Thousand to withstand him; but the King of Graecia Conquers the King of Persia, and makes him Fly his Kingdom: Whence was this? O WHEEL! There was the Angel Gabriel in it all. The Angel who directed Cornelius, the Angel who Comforted Paul, the Angel who Assisted Elijah, the Angel by whom Daniel was defended, is Living still. The Angel who Restrained Balaam, the Angel, who Blinded the Sodomites, the Angel, who killed the Egyptians, and the Assyrians; that Angel of Death, is Living still. Now when such things as those, are to be done, in the Wheels of Providence;