[1]For the ſoule beeing the bodyes lyfe is the watch by the which the bodyes expreſſeth the workes of nature, charged for a time while the bodye is apparaunt: the courſe runne, the ſoul: retourneth ſubiect to motions diuerſe, by higher Angells.
They be ſtirred vp by the loue of God in themſelues, and be formed by ye ward of them, and paſſe forward vnder themſelues by defence of them that they ſhal rule. Theſe Angells haue many manner effects: For the Angells that bée ordeined ſingularly to our kéeping, pricke vs to good, and wake vs that we ſleepe not in ſinnes and in vices. Act. 12.[2] Alſo they refreſh vs Ghoſtlye, that we fall not vnder the burthen of the way into our countrie. 3. Reg. 9.[3] Alſo they put off fiendes, that they hurt vs not. Tobie. 8 And they informe vs in doubts, & make vs certeine. Dan. 11. 10.[4] Alſo an Angell leadeth vs that we wander not out of the way. Tobie. 5. Exod. 32. Alſo hee commeth to vs and comforteth vs in ſorrowe and in woe. Luke. 23. Gen. 16. Where it is read that an Angell comforted Agar that wept full ſore: alſo they haue compaſſion of vs when wée ſinne, leaſt we fall in diſpaire and vaine hope. Eſay. 24. Iudic. 2. And they aſſiſt vs quicklye leaſt wée ſhoulde fall. Eſay. 24. And they helpe vs againſt enimyes that wée bée not ouercome. Gen. 32. & ſecundo Macohebrum penul. Alſo they heale our woundes that wée dye not.
Tobities.[5] And they bring our ſinnes to minde, that we ſhould be aſhamed thereof. Ioſu. 2. And they warne vs of Gods will, that we maye doe thereafter. Luke. 2. And they put awaye lets, that wée may ſerue our Lord, Exod. 23.[6]Sed precedet te, &c. And they viſite vs oft, and warne vs, that we treſpaſſe not. Eſay. 40. Secundum penam, &c. And they bée always in the preſence of God to haue contemplation. Luke. 1. & Dan. 7. Decres centena millia, &c. Alſo in prayeng they get vs remiſſion. Iob. 33. Sicut fuerie. And they ceaſe neuer to worſhippe and praiſe God. Eſay. 6. Apoc. 5. Non habient reqdiem, &c.
And they behold God face to face without vaile put betwéene. Mat. 18. Angeli corum, &c. And in their ſubſtance and vertue, they bée not grieued with the weight or peiſe of the bodie. Luke. vlti. Spiritus carnem et oſſa, &c. Alſo hée is aboue tune, and worketh in time. For as Dems ſaith, the ſecret vnderſtanding of an Angell is like to God, and worketh ſodeinly. Therefore he vnderſtandeth and knoweth ſodeinly without circumſtaunce or conference of one thing to an other: and by the vertue of his ſubſtance he doth all his déeds in one inſtant: an inſtaunt is a during that abideth not. For an inſtaunt is, and neuer was, neyther ſhall bee. The Philoſopher calleth an Angell Intelligencia: and in Libro de Cauſis, it is written, That an Angell is made in the Orizont of time, and eternitie euerlaſting. TREVISA. Orizont is a ſtraunge tearme and much vſed in Aſtronomie: and to inquire and knowe, what the Orizont ſignifieth,[7] take héede if a man ſtand on a great hill, either in a great plaine and large, ſo that hee ſée the Firmament or Skye all about without anye lette, hée ſhall ſéeme that the Skye toucheth the earth all about him on euerye ſide, and that a Circle of the Skie compaſſeth the earth all abouts, as farre as his ſight comprehendeth. That Circle is called Orizont, and is the middle Circle betwéen the parte that we ſée of Heauen, and the part that wée ſee not: and this Circle is betweene the foreſayde partes, and is the neathermoſt of that one, and ouermoſt of that other: and ſo is Angells kinde and mankinde ouer thoſe thinges that hée made, and paſſe, and fall by paſſing of time, and neuer in degrée of euerlaſting.
Then conſider of the endleſſe greatneſſe of God, that euer was, and euer ſhall bée, without beginning and without ending. For euerys Angell ſhall but euer without ending: and no Angell than euer without beginning: for euery Angell was made. Alſo if men bee affraide with the ſodeine preſence of an Angell, conſider that a good Angell giveth comforte vnto them, with ſwéete dooinges, and
- ↑ Addition
- ↑ Ac. 12.7.8.9 Peter was deliuered by ye Angell forth of priſon.
- ↑ 3.Re.1 9.5 The Angel awoke Eliah under the Gineper tree, and ſayd, Ariſe and eate.
- ↑ Dan. 9.21.22. As Daniel was in praier, Gabriel ſpak unto him, ſaieng, I am come forth to give thee knowledge and underſtanding.
- ↑ Toby.5 4. When he went forth to ſeeke a man, hee found Raphael the Angell which accompanied him in his journey.
- ↑ Exod. 3 the Lord promiſed to ſend an Angell before his people.
- ↑ What an Orizont is,
