for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Heb. 1: 14. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Ps. 91: 11, 12.-Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. Ps. 103: 20, 21.-And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. Luke 16: 22. -Behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, Matth. 2: 13, 19, 20. I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. Dan. 7: 9, 10.

Of the fallen angels, read:--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. 2 Pet. 2: 4. 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. Jude 5: 6. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits, more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Luke 11: 24, 25, 26. And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils. 8: 2. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 10: 18.-How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! Is. 14: 12.-For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Eph. 6: 12.

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Of the creation of all visible things, read: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. 1: 1.-In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by

him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. John 1: 1-3.-Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God; so that things which are seen were not made of things which do not appear. Heb. 11: 3.-Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God; which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is; which keepeth truth forever. Ps. 146: 5, 6.--Praise ye him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens; let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded and they were created. 148: 3, 4, 5.--God, that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. Acts 17: 24.

Of the creation of man, read:-And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image: in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Gen. 1: 26, 27.--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. 2: 7.Seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; and hath made of one blood all nations

of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth. Acts 17: 25, 26.—And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul-the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1 Cor. 15: 45.-Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Eccl. 7: 29.--In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him. Gen. 5: 1.

Put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Eph. 4: 24.

And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Gen. 1: 31.HE is the rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth, and without iniquity; just and right is HE.

ARTICLE SEVENTH.

OF THE FALL OF MAN, AND THE PENALTY IM POSED.

Of the fall of man, and the imposed penalty, we believe, That our first parents, Adam and Eve, who were created in the image of God, and in a glorious and happy estate of life and immortality, did not continue long in this their happy and divine estate. For, as they were created mutable, and left to the freedom of their own will, so that they might either love, obey, serve, reverence and adore their Creator, and enjoy him for ever, or else disobey and forsake

him, the LORD God gave them a command, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely éat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. But, notwithstanding the prohibition of the command of God, and the happy state in which they were placed, under the inmediate smiles and enjoyment of their Maker, they, at the instigation of Satan, that old serpent, who prompted them with pride, in aspifing to be wise as God and equal with him, took of the forbidden fruit and did eat. The woman, who was lastly created, was first deceived by turning her ears away from the LORD God, and paying attention to the insinuations of the devil; did also give unto her husband of the fruit, and he did eat. Thus did they wilfully transgress the explicit command of the Lord, and were alienated from him through the deceitfulness of the serpent, and thereby were made subject, with their whole posterity, to both temporal and eternal death.

Moreover, they were divested of their divine virtues, as perfect righteousness, holiness, truth and love; and became to be depraved, sinful, dying mortals; lying under the frown and disgrace of a righteous, just, but incensed God, who looks down from heaven with anger on all disobedience and unthankfulness of man; insomuch that the sin of disobedience perpetra ted by our first parents, laid them not only un