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Angelographia, or A discourse concerning the nature and power of the holy angels, and…
Angelographia, or A discourse concerning the nature and power of the holy angels, and the great benefit which the true fearers of God receive by their ministry: delivered in several sermons: : to which is added, a sermon concerning the sin and misery of the fallen angels: also, a disquisition concerning angelical-apparitions. / By Increase Mather, president of Harvard College, in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel at Boston, in New-England. ; [Two lines from Hebrews]Angelographia, or A discourse concerning the nature and power of the holy angels, and the great benefit which the true fearers of God receive by their ministry: delivered in several sermons: : to which is added, a sermon concerning the sin and misery of the fallen angels: also, a disquisition concerning angelical-apparitions. / By Increase Mather, praesident of Harvard Colledge, in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel at Boston, in New-England. ; [Two lines from Hebrews]
printed by B. Green & J. Allen for Samuel Phillips, 1696
A DISCOURSE Concerning the Power and Ministry of Holy Angels. › For the USE of it.
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.
God will send his Angel to deliver them, if preservation from such a distemper shall be best for them. Psal. 91.10. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. How so? It follows in the next verse, for he shall give His Angels charge over thee. So he doth wonderfully sometimes. I remember a Lea•ned man relates a remarkable Providence to this purpose, of the Chancellor of Navarre, that heard a voice in the night, calling him by his name, and bidding him go out of that Town, because within a few days a terrible Plague would be ⟨p. 70⟩there, and make the Town desolate: He took the warning, and so escaped the danger. God hath strange ways, by his Angels to deliver his Servants in times of sickness and common danger, when it shall be most for his glory. And they need not fear, what evil Angels can do unto them. The Lord for holy ends may suffer you to fall into the hands of those cruel Creatures: but if you fear God, there are Holy Angels by, that will not forsake you▪ that will enable you to endure, whatever God shall see mo••, to suffer you to be tempted and afflicted with. And therefore be not afraid: only fear God, and trust in Him. And then, suppose the worst that can be supposed; suppose the Lord should give leave to those enemies to kill your bodies; such a thing may, and sometimes has happened to the dear Servants of God: nevertheless, their Souls are safe, as being in the hands of Holy Angels. The Lord will say to his Angels, You Angels of mine, go and look after such a man, or woman, I commit to you the care and charge of their Immortal Souls, to bring them safe to Heaven, after they have suffered, what is my pleasure to have them endure. That the fearers of the Lord may and ought to be above the fear of outward evils, from the consideration of the Ministry and Guardianship of the Holy Angels, is evident from several things; which we may take notice of & consider. For,
God will send his Angel to deliver them, if preservation from such a distemper shall be best for them. Psal. 91.10. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. How so? It follows in the next verse, for he shall give His Angels charge over thee. So he doth wonderfully sometimes. I remember a Leaned man relates a remarkable Providence to this purpose, of the Chancellour of Navar, that heard a voice in the night, calling him by his name, and bidding him go out of that Town, because within a few dayes a terrible Plague would be