angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the thrashing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem: then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. And the LORD commanded the angel, and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 2 Chron. xxxii, 21. And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. P3. XXXV, 5..... And let the angel of the LORD chase them. Rev. vii, 1, 2. And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea. Rev. ix, 15. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. Rev. xv, 1. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. Rev. xvi, 17. And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. VISITATIONS OF ANGELS. THEIR FORM. Gen. xix, 1. And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them, rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. Judges xiii, 6. Then the woman countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name. Dan. vii, 15. And it came to pass, when I, eren I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning. then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. Dan. x, 4. 5. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz. Acts vi, 15. And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. Acts xii, 7. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. Rev. x, 1. 2. And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth. APPAREL. Matth. xxviii, 3. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow. Acts x, 30. And Cornelius sald, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing. Rev. xv. 6. And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. APPEARANCE. Num. xxii, 23-27, 32, 33. And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to tera either to the right hand or to the left. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: ani Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. And the angel of the LORD said unto him Ware hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went on to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me. And the ass saw me, and tarred fum me these three times: unless she had turned from me, strely ow also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. Jud. xiii, 10, 11. And the woma made haste, and ran, and seve her husband, and said unto him. Behold, the man hath appear unto me that came unto me the other day. And Manoah arose and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto h Art thou the man that spakes unto the woman? And he said, am. 1 Kings xix, 5. And as be ly and slept under a juniper-tree. behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise eat. Isa. vi, 6, 7. Then flew one d the seraphims unto me, having live coal in his hand, ik had taken with the tongs from the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this bath touched thy lips; and thine inquity is taken away, and thy sa purged. Dan. viii, 18. Now, as he speaking with me, I was in a de sleep on my face toward Le ground; but he touched me, and set me upright. hand touched me, which set Dan. x, 10, 18. And, behold, upon my knees and ups palms of my bands: Then the came again and touched me like the appearance of a man, he strengthened me. ed, and, behold, there stood ther Dan. xii, 5. Then I Daniel look two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. Zech. ii, 1-3. I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked and te in his hand. Then said !, W hold a man with a measuring-le ther goest thou? And he said unle me, To measure Jerusalem, to what is the length thereof. And what is the breadth thereef, and behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another stel came and told her husband, say- crushed Balaam's foot against the went out to meet him. ing, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the wall; and he smote her again. 682 standing on the right side of the altar of incense. Acts v, 19. But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prisondoors, and brought them forth, aud said. DEPARTURE. Jud. vi, 17, 18, 20, 21. And he said unto him [Gideon]. If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me. Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. Jud. xiil, 19, 20. So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manaoh and his wife looked on. For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. Acts xii, 10. And they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him [Peter.] SYMBOLIC APPEARANCES. 2 Kings vi, 16, 17. And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha, Ezek. 1, 4--25, 28. And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire: Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's bodies. And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they wings. As the appearance of the stood, and had let down their bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round of the likeness of the glory of the about. This was the appearance upon my face, and I heard a voice LORD. And when I saw it, I fell of one that spake. noise of the wings of the living Ezek. iii, 13. I heard also the creatures that touched one an other, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. mine ears with a loud voice, sayEzek. ix, 1-3. He cried also in ing, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter-weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's ink-horn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. the God of Israel was gone up And the glory of from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side. Ezek. x, 1-22. Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them appearance of the likeness of a as it were a sapphire-stone, as the throne. And he spake unto the Go in between the wheels, even man clothed with linen, and said, under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take firefrom between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen; who took it, and went out. And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings. And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl-stone. And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. And their whole body, and their Ezek. xl, 3. And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. Dan. vill, 16. And I heard a man's voice, between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gab riel, make this man to understand the vision. Rev. iv, 6. 7. And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. Rev. viii, 2, 6. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. And the seven angels, the LORD saw that he turned ad to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and sai Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. Exod. xxlil, 20-22. Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring the into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; für be will not pardon your transgre sions: for my name is in him. But and do all that I speak; then I if thou shalt indeed obey his voic be an enemy unto thine eseries, and an adversary unto thine se versaries. Josh. v, 13. And it came to pas when Joshua was by Jericho thất he lifted up his eyes and locked and, behold, there stood a ! over against him, with his swizi drawn in his band: and Just went unto him, and said unto m Art thou for us, or for our adver saries? Judges vi, 12-16. And the gi backs, and their hands, and their which had the seven trumpets, of the LORD appeared unto Lat prepared themselves to sound. Rev. x, 3. And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth; and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. Rev. xx, 7. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. THE ANGEL OF THE COVENANT. wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my bearing, O wheel! And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub. and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living Gen. xxxii, 24, 25-29. And Jacob creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. And when the che- was left alone; and there wrestled rubims went, the wheels went by a man with him until the breakthem; and when the cherubimsing of the day. And when he saw lifted up their wings to mount up that he prevailed not against him, from the earth, the same wheels he touched the hollow of his thigh; also turned not from beside them, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh When they stood, these stood; was out of joint as he wrestled and when they were lifted up. What is thy name? And he said, with him. And he said unto him, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature Jacob. And he said, Thy name was in them. Then the glory of shall be called no more Jacob, but the LORD departed from off the Israel: for as a prince hast thou threshold of the house, and stood power with God and with men, over the cherubims. And the and hast prevailed. And Jacob cherubims lifted up their wings, asked him, and said, Tell me, I and mounted up from the earth pray thee, thy name. in my sight: when they went out, said, Wherefore is it that thou the wheels also were beside them; dost ask after my name? and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straightforward. blessed him there. And he [Gideon] and said unto him. T And be Judges xiii, 17, 21-23. Manoah said unto the arge ú the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pas may do thee honour? (But the And he angel of the LORD did no mar appear to Manoah and to his wi Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. And Mach said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen Ged. But his wife said unto him. If the LORD were pleased to kill us be would not have received a burnt Gen. xlviii, 16. The angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. Exod. iii, 2-4. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when offering and a meat-offering st hands; neither would be bare shewed us all these things; vot would, as at this time, bave tal us such things as these, Hos. xii, 3, 4. He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and his strength he had power w God: Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us. Acts vii,30-32 38 39,53. And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of Mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. This is he that was in the a church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers; who received the lively oracles to give unto us; to whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. ANGELS VENERATED BUT NOT Judges vi, 22, 23. And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Gon! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 1 Chron. xxi, 30. But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. Dan. vill, 17. So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man; for at the time of the end shall be the vision. no Dan. x, 7-9, 15-17, 19. And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained To strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained strength. Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was 1 in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sor rows are turned upon me, and I Though thou detain me, I will not Matth. xxviii, 4. And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. Luke i, 12. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. Luke il, 9. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. Acts x, 3, 4. He saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. And when he looked on him, he was afraid.... 1 Cor. xi, 10. For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. Colos. ii, 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things puffed up by his fleshly mind. which he hath not seen, vainly Rev. xix, 10. And I fell at his Rev. xxil, 8, 9. And I John saw ANGELS IN DISGUISE. Num. xxii, 34. And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. Judges xiii, 15, 16. And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah 685 said unto him, Gird thyself, and Heb. xili, 2. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels un awares. DEVILS. Gen. iii, 14. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. Job ii, 1, 2. Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them, to present himself before the LORD. And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Matth. xii, 26, 27, 29. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against bimself; how shall then his kingdom stand? Beelzebub cast And if I by out devils, by out? therefore they shall be your whom do your children cast them judges. Or else, how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. them unto him, and said unto 2 Peter ii, 4. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment. Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, unto the judgment of the great day. and where thou dweliest, even Rev. ii, 13. I know thy works, where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwell eth. Rev. ix, 11. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Rev. xil, 7-9. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, him. | 2 Cor. xi, 14, 15. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 1 Tim. iv, 1. Now the spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. James ii, 19. Thou believest that there is one God, thou doest well; the devils also believe and tremble. James ill, 15. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. Ber. ii, 9. I know thy works. and his angels were cast out with and tribulation, and poverty. (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. CHARACTER. 2 Chron. xvili, 19-22. And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this man ner, and another saying after that manner. Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Where with? And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. Matth. viii, 30-33. And there was a good way off from them an the devils besought him, saying, herd of many swine feeding. So If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine; and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possess Ps. Ixxviii, 49. He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angeised of the devils. among them. Matth. xiii, 38, 39. The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. John viii, 44. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lasts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Acts xiii, 10. And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? Luke viii, 30. And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. POWER AND WORKS. 1 Chron. xxi, 1. And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Ps. cix, 6. Set thou a wicked over him; and let Satan stand at his right hand. man Matth. iv, 1. 5. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple. Matth. xiii, 19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. Luke iv, 6, 13. And the devil sid unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them for that is delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will I give # And when the devil had ended af the temptation, he departed from him for a season. Luke xxii, 31. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that be may sift you as wheat. 2 Cor. iv, 4. In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which beleve lest the light of the glorious go pel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 1 Thess. ii, 18. Wherefore would have come unto you, I Paul, once and again; Lut Sama hindered us. Eph. iv, 27. Neither give plas to the devil. 1 Tim. 1, 20. Of whom is Hyme neus and Alexander, whom I hate delivered unto Satan, that the may learn not to blaspheme. 2 Tim. il, 26. And that therm recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are take captive by him at his will therefore to God. James iv, 7. Submit yourselve Resist the devil, and he will flee from you 1 Peter v, 8. 9. Be scher, b vigilant, because your adve the devil, as a roaring lion wa eth about, seeking whom he m devour. Whom resist stedist the faith, knowing that the sam afflictions are accomplisted your brethren that are in the world. Rer. ii, 10. Fear none of the things which thou shalt sof behold, the devil shall cast an of you into prison, that ye ma tried; and ye shall have tri tion ten days; be thou faithfal to death, and I will give the crown of life. Rev. ix, 1, 2, 5. And the angel sounded, and I saw & St fall from heaven unto the and to him was given the bes the bottomless pit. And bege ed the bottomless pit; and theži arose a smoke out of the pit the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were dark by reason of the smoke of the p And to them it was given the they should not kill them, b that they should be tormen five months, and their term was as the torment of a scorpick, when he striketh a man. Rev. xi, 7. And when they shal |