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Some select cases resolved. Specially, tending to the right ordering of the heart, that…
Some select cases resolved. Specially, tending to the right ordering of the heart, that we may comfortably walk with God in our general and particular callings: &c. In a letter to a pious friend in England. / By Thomas Shepard, M.A. Formerly of Emmanuel-College in Cambridge in England: afterward Minister of Cambridge in New-England. ; Corrected by four several editions.
Boston: printed by Rogers and Fowle, 1747
THE Sum of Christian Religion: In Way of Question and Answer.
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.
Q. What is the creation of the Angels.
A. Whereby he created an innumerable number of them, in holiness, to be ministering spirits, with most acuteness of understanding, liberty of will, great strength, and speedy in motion, to ⟨p. 9⟩celebrate his praises, and execute his commands, specially to the heirs of salvation. Heb. 11.22. John 8.44. Heb. 1.14. 2 Sam. 14.20. Jude 6.2 Pet. 2.11. Isai. 6.2. Psal. 130.20.
A. Whereby he created an innumerable number of them, in holiness, to be ministring spirits, with most acuteness of understanding, liberty of will, great strength, and speedy in motion, to ⟨p. 9⟩celebrate his praises, and execute his commands, specially to the heirs of salvation. Heb. 11.22. John 8.44. Heb. 1.14. 2 Sam. 14.20.