numerous company of Seraphims and Cherubims, Angels and Archangels, with their several Orders, Offices, Ministeries, and Imployments? and this is more than a general account, as may be seen at full in that learned and godly Piece of Bishop _Halls_, called _The invisible World_. And hath he not given us a particular account of the very Kingdom of Darkness, telling us of the Devil and his Angels, and precisely in this enumeration? _For we wrestle not with flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places._ And this is more than a general account, and we must needs say, that what he holds is very derogatory to the wisdom and goodness of God, and the sufficiency and truth of the Scriptures. 3. Must I believe him that the souls of the Saints do rove and wander here below? when as Bishop _Hall_ saith, where he is speaking against the opinion of those that hold, that Souls do sleep until the Day of Judgment: “Indeed who can but wonder that any Christian can possibly give entertainment to so absurd a thought, whilst he hears his Saviour say, _Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am, and that_ (not in a safe sleep) _they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me_.” Sure if the Souls departed be with Christ where he is, and do behold his glory, then it is a Popish Fable of Mr. _Glanvil_, to feign their coming upon Messages hither. The saying of St. _Bernard_ is remarkable in this case: _Advertistis tres esse sanctarum status animarum, primum videlicet in corpore corruptibili, secundum sine corpore, tertium in corpore jam glorificato. Primum in militia, secundum in requie, tertium in beatitudine consummata._ And if the second state of holy Souls be without a body, and be at peace and rest, then it must necessarily be a truth, that they do not wander here, nor run upon Errands; _For the souls of the righteous are in the hands of the Lord, and there shall no torment touch them_. And our Saviour told the Thief upon the Cross, _This day thou shalt be with me in Paradise_, that is, as Dr. _Hammond_ giveth the Paraphrase: “Immediately after thy death thou shalt go to a place of bliss, and there abide with me, a Member of that my Kingdom which thou askest for.” Now if the souls of the godly, after their death, be immediately in a place of bliss, and abide with Christ as Members of his Kingdom, then they do not wander up and down here, as Mr. _Glanvil_ and the Papists vainly fancy and believe; for as _Chrysostome_ saith upon that place of _Lazarus_ his being carried by Angels into _Abrahams_ bosome. “What is it then that the Devils say, I am the Soul of such a Monk? Truly I therefore believe it not, because the Devils say it, for they deceive their Auditors.” 4. Or must I believe that the souls of the wicked do wander, and make Apparitions here, because Mr.