Christianus per ignem. Or, A disciple warming of himself and owning of his Lord:…

And so many, that without making any Breach, upon that vast Congregation of Angels, which are Day and Night about the Lord in His Temple, every Elect person may have at least One Angel, (whether always the same, or no, is questionable) by the special Deputation of Heaven, to be with him, Defend him, Direct him all the Days of his Pilgrimage. The Scripture is plain, for their having Their Angels; and the Church of God in the First Ages, were fully of this Opinion. Well then, If I give Thanks to God, for the Benefits which I receive in the Flames on my Hearth, what Thanks do I owe unto God, for these Heavenly Flames of Fire, which are the Ministers, from whom His Faithful Servants do receive inestimable Benefits? The Good Angels, consider, That their Everlasting Lord is a Man, yea, that it is a Man United unto the Second Person in God, and Lying in the Bosom of the Infinite God for ever: and that ⟨p. 137⟩the Welfare of man, is a thing full of Satisfaction to that man, who is God as well as man, Accordingly, at the Command of the Lord Jesus Christ, they Fly swiftly, like Flames of rapid Fire, to do for His people, those Good Offices, About which they will more fully inform us, when we shortly active among them. There are many Evil Disasters, ••en as many as Jobs of old, whereto we should be Exposed, if there were not the Angels of the Lord Encamping about us. How comes the Church in general to be Preserved? The Lord of old promised, A Wall of Fire; The meaning of That is, A Guard of Angels. They put many Good Notions, and Good Motions into our Minds, dissolving therewithal the Enchantments of the Wicked One, that else would be too hard for us. They prevent our Sinning against their and our Good God; and rate off the Lions that would else make a prey of us. They comfort us in our Dying Hours, and at our Death, carry off our Souls unto Paradise, in spite of the Efforts of the Prince of the power of the Air to imprison us; and at the Resurrection, they will be in yet more inconceivable ways comfortable and serviceable to us. The stupid Mortals, who are insensible of such Good Offices, to be done by the Angels of God, for His Children, do Err, not knowing the Scriptures, Now the Angels do not expect our Thanks, unto Them, for ⟨p. 138⟩these Good Offices, but unto the Lord Jesus Christ for them.

And so many, that without making any Breach, upon that vast Congregation of Angels, which are Day and Night about the Lord in His Temple, every Elect person may have at least One Angel, (whether always the same, or no, is questionable) by the special Deputation of Heaven, to be with him, Defend him, Direct him all the Dayes of his Pilgrimage. The Scripture is plain, for their having Their Angels; and the Church of God in the First Ages, were fully of this Opinion. Well then, If I give Thanks to God, for the Benefits which I receive in the Flames on my Hearth, what Thanks do I owe unto God, for these Heavenly Flames of Fire, which are the Ministers, from whom His Faithful Servants do receive inestimable Benefits? The Good Angels, consider, That their Everlasting Lord is a Man, yea, that it is a Man United unto the Second Person in God, and Lying in the Bosom of the Infinite God for ever: and that