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A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored
A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored; and the King of Glory proclaimed; on a day of prayer kept (May 10. 1721) at the opening of the New Brick Meeting House in the north part of Boston, by the ministers of the city, with the Society which built it, & this day swarmed into it. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]
Boston: printed for Robert Starkey. And sold, 1721
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III. The Angels, of GOD, make a very Considerable Figure among the Hosts, which our SAVIOUR has under His Command▪ And well worthy to be called The Lord of Hosts, must He be, w• h•s These to attend upon Him. We are now coming into Mic•jahs Vision; I saw the Lord Sitting on His Throne, and all the Host of Heaven Standing by Him. The Lord of Hosts is He that is the Lord unto those who are called, Luk. II.13. The Multitude of the Heavenly Host. It is our SAVIOUR who is the Lord of These. Our SAVIOUR is that Lord of Hosts, to whom we may say, what is in Neh. IX.6. Thou hast made the Heaven of Heavens, with all their Host, and the Host of Heaven Worshipeth thee. There are Spiritual Substances, whose Dwelling is not in such Flesh as our Spirits are. They are Spirits which don't inhabit such gross Bodies ⟨p. 13⟩as ours; and are Endued with Faculties of Reason and Wisdom, wherein we are made Lower than They. All these Noble Spirits, what and whose are They! Are they not all ministering Spirits? And is not our SAVIOUR, He of whom we may Say unto them. O Bless the Lord, All Ye His Hosts; Ye Ministers of His, who do His Pleasure? We read concerning our SAVIOUR, 1. Pet. I•I.22. He is on the Right-hand of God, and Angels are made Subject unto Him. The Angels of the Heavenly World, are so often, so many Hundreds of times, mentioned in the Book of God, and have so much of a share in the Things done here below, that they deserve an High Rank amongst the Hosts of GOD. Let us now com• to Mah•naim, and En•o• a Vision of A•s ▪ Paying their Homage unto our SAVIOUR, According to the Injunction of His Father unto them, All Ye Angels Worship Him. How Large, How urge, How beyond all Comprehension Copious, are the Hosts of Angels which our Lord of Hosts is a Commander to! In His Lowest Humiliation He spoke of having, Twelve Legions of Angels, ready to wait upon