4. Let us remember, that the Eyes of Angels are upon us. God hath his Angels every where: Those Spirits of God are sent to and fro throughout ⟨p. 101⟩all the Earth. Did men remember this, it would by the Blessing of God, be a means to keep them from much sin, and so of keeping Holy Angels near unto them. Why shouldest thou sin before the Angel? Eccles. 5.6. If a man when tempted to commit a sin, should behold an Angel saying to him, Oh! do not this abominable thing which the Lord hates, would it not restrain him. Such a sight would make as graceless a man as Balaam was▪ afraid to go on wi•h his intended wickedness. Indeed, the first and chief motive that should make us careful and watchful •ver our selves in all our ways, is the consideration of the Presence of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, that the Eyes of the Eternal God, and of Jesus Christ the Son of God, whose eyes are as a Flame of Fire, are upon us, but also this of the Angels is to be improved as a motive to Obedience. So we see the Apostle in the place before mentioned, doth from this consideration incite Timothy ▪ to the greater circumspection: I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Elect Angels. Not only the remembrance and meditation of the Eye of God and of Christ, but of the Elect Angels, should move us. The Angels do observe us in all places; they observe how we Worship God in solemn Assemblies. The Apostle requires that there should be modesty & decency of behaviour in Church-assemblies, because of the Angels. 1 Cor. 11.10. They come into Church-assembly: For Christ has his Throne ⟨p. 102⟩there: He never sits on his Throne, but there a•e m•ny Angels to attend him. How many Angels are in this Assembly, I know not, but this I know, there are many to observe how I Preach, and how you Hear the Word of God. David says, Before the Gods I will sing praise to thee, Psal. 138 1. which the seventy express by saying, I will sing unto thee in the presence of Angels. Yea, and Angels observe us in our Families, and in our Closets and Retirements also: and without doubt they make report concerning us before the Great God: They say, Lord, There is such a Servant of thine, we see that he walks before God with a perfect heart in his House: we see that he is often at Prayer alone, and that he mourns for sin, we are witnesses of it:
4. Let us remember, that the Eyes of Angels are upon us. God hath his Angels every where: Those Spirits of God are sent to and fro throughout ⟨p. 101⟩all the Earth. Did men remember this, it would by the Blessing of God, be a means to keep them from much sin, and so of keeping Holy Angels near unto them. Why shouldest thou sin before the Angel? Eccles. 5.6. If a man when tempted to commit a sin, should behold an Angel saying to him, Oh! do not this abominable thing which the Lord hates, would it not restrain him. Such a sight would make as graceless a man as Balaam was▪ afraid to go on wi•h his in•ended wickedness. Indeed, the first and chief motive that should make us careful and watchful •ver our selves in all our wayes, is the consideration of the Presence of God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ, that the Eyes of the Eternal God, and of Jesus Christ the Son of God, whose eyes are as a Flame of Fire, are upon us, but also this of the Angels is to be improved as a motive to Obedience. So we see the Apostle in the place before mentioned, doth from this consideration incite Timothy ▪ to the greater circumspection: I charge thee before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Elect Angels. Not only the remembrance and meditation of the Eye of God and of Christ, but of the Elect Angels, should move us. The Angels do observe us in all places; they observe how we Worship God in solemn Assemblies. The Apostle requires that there should be modesty & decency of behaviour in Church-assemblies, because of the Angels. 1 Cor. 11.10. They come into Church-assembly: For Christ has his Throne ⟨p. 102⟩there: He never sits on his Throne, but there a•e m•ny Angels to attend him. How many Angels are in this Assembly, I know not, but this I know, there are many to observe how I Preach, and how you Hear the Word of God. David says, Before the Gods I will sing praise to thee, Psal. 138 1. which the seventy express by saying, I will sing unto thee in the presence of Angels. Yea, and Angels observe us in our Families, and in our Closets and Retirements also: and without doubt they make report concerning us before the Great God: They say, Lord, There is such a Servant of thine, we see that he walks before God with a perfect heart in his House: we see that he is often at Prayer alone, and that he mourns for sin, we are witnesses of it:
