...incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar, which is before the throne. And the smoke of the incense which...of the saints, ascended up before God, out of the angel.s hand." This was typified of old by the priest's offering incense in the temple, at the time...

...angel came and stood at the altar, [that is, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the angel of the covenant] having a golden censer ; and there was given unto...saints, ascended up before God, out of the angel's hand. Q. 10. May we not make use of the name of angels, and the Virgin Mary, and other saints in prayer,...

...posture before thealtar of burnt- offerings, signifying the atonement he had made by his own blood. " And there was given unto him much incense, that he...saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand." As the perfuming smoke of incense, composed of finest spices, ascended up like a cloud to heaven, with...

...acceptance before the Most High. This we are taught, if I mistake not, by the following remarkable passage. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.* A representation, this, of the ancient Jewish * Rer, viii. 3, 4. high-priest burning incense upon the...

...; Ps. cxli. 2. " Let my prayer be set forth before thce as incense, &c." And Rev. \iii. 4, 5. — " And the smoke of the incense which came with the prayers...saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hands. 7. Q. Had they any other season of prayer besides these two ? A. The Jews inform us, that besides...

...of all faints upon the golden altar, which " was before the throne. And the smoke of the in" cense which came with the prayers of the saints, as"cended up before God, out- of the angel's hand." Thus Jefus perfumes and prefents our fervices ; thus he obtains for our fupplications audience and...

...beings seen and recorded by the prophet of the Apocalypse, this was one : the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the saints ascended up before God out of the angel's hand; teaching us that the angels aid our prayers, not as mediators or intercessors, but by their love giving...

...censer: and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it ieit h the prayers of the saints upon the golden altar which was before the...saints, Ascended up before God, out of the angel's hand. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and...

...2 Luke xviii, 1U — 13. a See Liglufoot's Temple Service, c. 9. b Luke i, 9, 19. c Vi»\m cxJi, 2. prayers of the saints, ascended up before God, out of the angel's hand." For the angel here mentioned, is the angel of the covenant, Christ our Lord, who intercedes for us...

...There was given unto him (the angel) much Rev. viii. incense, that he should offer it with the 3, *• prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which...saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. This explains the custom of the Hebrew church, that, when the incense was offering on the golden altar,...