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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81481	The deputation of angels, or, The angell-guardian: I. Proved by the dim light of nature, clear beames of Scriptures, and consent of many ancient and modern writers, untainted with popery. II. Cleared from many rubs and mistakes; the criticall queries of antagonists examined, untyed. III. Applyed and improved, for our information in many other truths; consolation in our adversities; and reformation of our lives. Chiefly grounded on Acts 12. 15. It is his angell. / By Robert Dingley, M.A. and minister of the word at Brixton in the isle of Wight; formerly Fellow of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford.	Dingley, Robert, 1619-1660.	1653 (1653)	Wing D1496; Thomason E1505_2; ESTC R208670	88,111	239

before you Or little in grace parts and esteem as some of my Disciples Or little in their * Qui deposita altitudine se ad Modestiam ultroneam subjectionem composuerint Marlorat in Mat. 18.10 own eyes as all my Elect I say each of them is great in the eyes of God and hath a particular Angel to attend and guard him The third Scripture Proof for the Guardian-Angel is this in the Text 3 Scripture proof Acts 12.15 Acts 12.15 Behold what Christ himselfe taught the Primitive Christians do believe and declare It is his Angell They were not Heathens that spake this but Christians well instructed in the faith Not Christians infected with Errors But sound Christians in the most pure and Primitive Times Not spoken rashly by the Maid-servant Rhoda but by the Church at Ierusalem and that at a time and in a place of worship for they were assembled to pray for Peter Then it was not a conjecturall * Loquantur de petri Angelo ut de re minime nova aut ambigua Beza in Acts 12.15 p. 332. but positive speech And the golden quil of St. Luke recorded it among the grave Acts and sayings of the Apostes and Primitive Christians without the addition of any dislike or dissent as you have seen already To all which let me add that this Doctrine of Angels Deputation was not only believed and declared by the Church at Ierusalem but also it was confirmed by St Peter himself that great and famous Apostle one of the Life-guard of Christ one of his bosome Disciples one that was present at his Transfiguration and one that Christ had a very speciall eye of favour upon On the doctrine of whose reasonable and brave confession hee resolved to build his Church and to whom the Lord did shew singular kindnesse next unto Iohn Mar. 16.7 Tell his Disciples Peter that he is risen and goeth before you into Galile And lastly Peter that was chiefly concerned in this affair For they spake of his Angel If therefore Peter himself will be so farr from checking them for this saying as to ratifie and confirm it who can any longer demur his sealing of this point But Peter did acknowledg the Deputation of Angels Acts 12.11 Acts 12.11 When Peter came to himself he said Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath sent his Angel and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod 1. One Angel came to him shall wee question but it was his Angel-guardian 2. 'T was by deputation and appointment the Lord hath sen● him 3. 'T was to comfort and deliver him out of prison and give him in to the prayers of the Church 4. That he might be assured it was his Angel the Angel assumed a bodily shape a light shining in the Prison and he spake to Peter and smote off his chaines 5. He was herein much confirmed in our point Now I know for a certaine it is so and so Oh that such as out of zeal against Rome in pangs of mistaken zeal do oppose with some bitternes this truth would pause ponder and consider the forementioned Scriptures Then would we say with Peter Now we know for a certain that God sends unto his servants and to each of them a tutelar Angel to defend and direct them Now the objections against this last Scripture were answered in the severall expositions of this Text and therefore here we shall passe them over Thirdly and lastly 3 The Point by consent of ancient modern Writers we come now to give you the confirmation of this point by the joynt assent of many ancient and modern Writers untainted with Popish leven And here we shall consider two things 1. That this evidence is not vain 2. That of these evidences there are store 1. That the judgment of Antiquity viz. of learned pious and Orthodox Writers in severall ages doth tend very much to the right understanding of Scripture-truth We doe not say that * See Iohn Daille of the right use of the Fathers Antiquity the opinion of the Fathers and humane tradition are infallible signs pillars of Truth or that they are equall with the Scripture or that Generall Councels cannot erre Or finally that there is not such a thing as Antiquity of Errour But this wee safely may affirm That the judgment of holy learned and unbyast men is not a little to be heeded and doth exceedingly conduce to the clearing of Scripture-truth tending to settle and establish us in the true meaning of Gods word 1 Tim. 3.15 The Church is called The pillar and ground of truth Not so much a Marble pillar to support the Truth as a pillar on which is Pasted the Proclamation of Divine Truths That the judgment of the Learned and Orthodox is not to be neglected will thus easily appear unto us 1. The translation of the Bible into severall Languages hath still beene highly valued in Gods Church The generality of Gods People have no other Bible to peruse but that which is cloathed in their Mother tongue on this Bible they build their salvation Nay the most learned Linguists doe know the signification of Greek and Hebrew words only upon credit of their Teachers and Authors Therefore also the Exposition of the Scriptures by the same or like-learned or sound men is not to be suspected or vilipended in Gods Church 2. They have strong and sollid proofs of the things that they hold well back'd with Scripture Reason and intermixt with fervent exhortations to Piety 3. 1 Thes 5.20 If we must regard the Sermons Expositions and Writings of the Living then surely much more of the Dead since the Living may recant and depart from their present perswasions but the other have conveyed that to us which was their Belief both in life and death Surely the experiences of Gods people whether here or in heaven are of marvellous use and rich benefit to the Saints 4 Their joynt consent unity and harmony in things fundamentall declares that they were acted and assisted by the same spirit 5. Their difference in lesser things is so farre from abating the weight of their Testimony as that on the contrary it addes † Jo Daille of the Fathers book 2. p. 186. rather much unto the same For this clears their consenting in things Fundamental from all suspition of proceeding from Combination or Mutual Intelligence and the thing which is now stiled Interest For when you find them disagreeing in many lesser things it is an evident argument that they have not altogether sucked their knowledg from one another or combined together to deceive us But according to their best understandings they drew all from the Fountaine hewing out each particular point from the rich quarry of sacred Scripture so far as God did reveale his will to them 6. Many eyes see more then two But the Orthodox a Athanasius had so high an esteem of Conncels That writing of the