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Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord:…
Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord: with devout and useful meditations, fetched out of the fire, by a Christian in a cold season, sitting before it. A work though never out of season, yet more particularly, designed for the seasonable and profitable entertainment, of them that would well employ their leisure [sic] by the fire-side. : [Three lines in Latin from Alsted]Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord: with devout and useful meditations, fetch'd out of the fire, by a Christian in a cold season, sitting before it. A work though never out of season, yet more particularly, designed for the seasonable and profitable entertainment, of them that would well employ their liesure [sic] by the fire-side. : [Three lines in Latin from Alsted]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1702
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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.
Now, in the Scriptures of Truth, 'tis abundantly intimated, That the Good Angels do compose an Heavenly Army, and there is a most Heavenly Order in that Army. Possibly the Order wherein the Army of Israel in the Wilderness, was disposed, might be a little imitation of it; and the Almighty God might be called, The Lord of Hosts, with relation unto both. The Traditional ⟨p. 135⟩and Platonical Speculations o• the Ancients, and the Vanity of the Schoolmen, who are vainly puffed up in their fleshly mind, in their Determinations, about the Angels, afford a poor Direction to our Thoughts upon them. If we Speak not according to the Testimony of the Scripture, when we Speak about the Angels of Light, it is because there is no Light in us Now the Scripture doth assure us, That there is at least one Archangel, and the Name of that Archangel, is Michael, a Confession of the matchless Majesty in God. But some apprehend, no less than Seven Archangels, [From Rev 3. 1.] and I do my self incline to that Apprehension. There are Angels also that seem to be under the more Influences of these Leaders, who with their Leaders, are all under the Command of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, the Lord of Glory. Yea, there are Multitudes, vast Myriads and Millions of them: An Innumerable Company. If the Saints of God, who are to fill up the Room left in Heaven, by the Fallen Angels, be a Great multitude, which no man can number, what may we justly suppose the Number of the Good Angels? The Bad Angels are so many, that sometimes a Numerous Crew, have been at Leisure to vex one miserable man How Numberless then may we suppose the Good Angels, from whom these are but a Crew of Deserters and Revolters? When our Lord spoke of His Father sending ⟨p. 136⟩Twelve Legions of Angels, it was not because His Father had no more; but only because there was none but Himself, and His Eleven Disciples, to be then protected, and a Legion a piece, every one would own, was Protection enough. Now a Legion according to Vegetius, did consist of 6100 Footmen, and 726 Horsemen, Here then are supposed more than Fourscore Thousand Angels. But indeed, There are Thousands of Thousands!
Now, in the Scriptures of Truth, 'tis abundantly intimated, That the Good Angels do compose an Heavenly Army, and there is a most Heavenly Order in that Army. Possibly the Order wherein the Army of Israel in the Wilderness, was disposed, might be a little imitation of it; and the Almighty God might be called, The Lord of Hosts, with relation unto both. The Traditional