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They were Angels, but are call'd men, because they appeared in humane shape, which was ordinary in antient times, Gen. 18.2, 3. Angels like 7. men appeared to Abraham; the Angels came to Lot were like men, Gen. 19.5. And Gabriel that came to Dani∣el, is called the man Gabriel, Dan. 9.21. They have not the true bodies of men, but are reall bodies form'd into the likenesse of mens bodies, which are easily assum'd, and easily depos'd; for the union between the Angel assuming the body, and the body assumed, is not substantiall, like the union between mans soule and body, nor hypostaticall like the union betweene Christs humane and divine nature, nor accidentall, but it is assistenti∣all; the Angel is in the body per intim••m substantialem presentiam tanqum motor ad mobile cum particulari respectu ad peculiarem usum ejus. As the body holds out something of the soule, so doth the body assum'd, hold out somewhat of an Angell, and there∣fore when Angels appeared, they feared they knew them to be more then men.