...will of God with pleasure, and are the messengers of • God's mercy to men ; ' ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation.' At present we are far inferior to angels, not only in our natural powers, but especially in holiness...

...other places ; as in the first chapter of this epistle. Are not the angels all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation ? That, also, in the second chapter of the catholic epistle of St. James, God hath chosen the poor...

...ascension, and testified to his disciples his entrance into his glory. They are all ministering Spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation. They aided the primitive preachers in their labors and protected them in their dangers. They visited,...

...obedient servants, are employed on behalf of His church, for " they " are all millistring spirits, sent forth to minister " to them who shall be heirs of salvation." Nothing which the principalities and powers in heavenly places, under the direction of .1 special providence,...

...redeemed, and serving them ; and will doubtless be so forever. " Are they not AH ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them, who shall be heirs of salvation ?"|| Hence it appears, that • John xvii. 21, 22, 23, 26. f 1 J1*"- '"• &• 16 * Eph. iii. 10,...

...appointed as guards to his children, by their heavenly Father.' * Are they * not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister * to them who shall be heirs of salvation ?' Heb. i. 14. They wait upon your dying beds, and convey your souls to the bosom of Abraham, Luke...

...other places ; as in the first chapter of this epistle. Are not the angels att ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation ? That, also, in the second chapter of the catholic epistle of St. James, God hath chosen the poor...

...as their fellow-servants under Christ, (Rev. xix. l0, chap. xx. 9,) being all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation." f Here we have an important fact admitted, viz., that the angels of heaven are incorporated into one...

...Dan. x. 21. xii. 1. If the appearances of the Lord himself, or for those ministering spirits who are sent forth to minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation, was satisfactory and confirming to those who were so highly favoured, certainly they ought to be satisfactory...

...to the several members of it jn particular. " Are they not all ministering spirits," says the text/" sent forth to minister to them, who '* shall be heirs of Salvation ?" I shall, in the following discourse, enquire into the jiature, and offices, of Angels. Their nature...