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ing, in this rejoice not; that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven,

SECTION VI.

Psalm civ. 4. Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire. (See above Col. i. 16.) Luke xx. 36. Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels. 2 Sam. xiv. 20. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. 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 judgement. Psalm ciii. 20. Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments hearkening unto the voice of his word. Luke ii. 13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying. Dan. vii. 10. Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.

SECTION VII.

Rev. xii. 7. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels. Job i. 6. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. 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 judgement of the great day.

SECTION VIII.

Psalm ciii. 21. Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts: ye ministers of his that do his pleasure. Num. xx. 16. And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt. Psalm

xxxiv. 7. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. Heb. i. 14. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Luke xvi. 22. And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom.

SECTION IX.

Rev. xii. 9. 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, and his angels were cast out with him. John xiv. 30. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 1 Thess. iii. 5. For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. 2 Cor. xii. 7. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. Ephes. ii. 2. Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. 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 doctrine of devils. 1 Cor. v. 5. To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 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.

SECTION X.

Exod. xx. For in six days the Lord made heaven and carth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the

seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Gen. ii. 3. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

SECTION XI.

(See Gen. i. 2—5.) Psalm lxxiv. 16. The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the light and the

sun.

SECTION XII.

(See Gen. i. 6-8.) Psalm xix. 1. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

SECTION XIII.

(See Gen. i. 9-12.) Psalm xcv. 5. The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land. - Gen. ii. 4, 5. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew.

SECTION XIV.

(See Gen. i. 14-18.) Jer. xxxi. 35. Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night.

SECTION XV.

(See Gen. i. 20-22.) Psalm viii. 8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

SECTION XVI.

(See Gen. i. 24-31.) Psal. viii. 6, 7. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands: thou hast

put all things under his feet. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. Gen. ii. 1, 2. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

SECTION XVII.

(See Gen. i. 26, 27.) Gen. ii. 7. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Gen. iii. 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Psalm cxxxix. 14. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well. Psalm cxix. 73. Thy hands have made me, and fashioned me, give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. Isaiah xlii. 5. Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out: he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. 1 Cor. xv. 45. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul. (See Gen. ii. 18-24.) 1 Cor. xi. 7, 8, 9. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man; Neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for the man.

SECTION XVIII.

(See Gen. i. 26, 27.)

God made he man.

Gen. ix. 6. For in the image of James iii. 9. And therewith curse

we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Eccles. vii. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Psalm viii. 5, 6. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet.

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