Rome ruin'd by VVhite Hall, or, The papall crown demolisht

SECT. 1.

THe manner of Invocation used by the holy men of* 1.1 God ought to be our patterne to immitate, but they never invocated any but the Lord Jehovah, and Christ in him, as the Scriptures doe plenti∣fully prove; therefore the Adoration, or pray∣ing to Angels, is a superstitious, and new device of Doctrine, and ought to be rejected, Isa. 63. 16.

Object. Jacobs Ladder on which the Angels ascended, and de∣scended from heaven, doth intimate, that they did not only reveale unto us the counsells of God, and execute his will, but also report unto God our prayers, vowes, and necessities.

Ans. We grant that the Angels doe report unto God the af∣faires of the world, the Acts and Gests of men, and so their sup∣plications

in generall; but this they doe as Messengers, not as Mediators: the Prophet Zachary sheweth a distinct office of the Angelicall Spirits, and Jesus Christ (there called the Angell of the Lord,) where they, (viz. the Angels) returns this answer to God, We have gone through the world, and behold, all the world sitteth still, and is at rest. But the Angel of the Lord, Christ (the Mediator of the Church,) steppeth forth and prayeth, O Lord of Hoast, how long wilt thou be unmindfull of Jerusalem; so that al∣beit the Angels are witnesses of our devotions, and beholders of our teares and plaints, yet have they no office of Mediatorship, neither have we any warrant to pray unto them.

Notes

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  Against the invocating of Saints and Angels. Judg. 13 15, 16. Mat. 4. 10. Act 10. 25, 26. & 11, 12. 1 Col. 1 13. & 2. 18. 1 Cor. 3. 5, 6. Heb. 7. 25. & 9. ••••.