...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...

...beautiful passage in holy writ ; ' And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censor; and there was given unto him much incense, that he...the prayers of the saints ascended up before God.' -To heav'n their prayers Flew up, nor miss'd the way by envious wmd> Blown vagabond or frustrate :...

...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...

...blood will he not offer." It will help us to understand this, if we compare it with Rev. viii. 3 — " And another Angel came and stood at the altar, having...upon the golden altar which was before the throne." This angel is Christ acting in his mediatorial character, as offering up the prayers •fall saints,...

...usage is to be explained what we find in the Revelation viii, 3,4; for there it is said, " That an angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden...And the smoke of the incense, which came with the x See Lightfoot's Temple Service. y If there were »ny stated forma for this worship, they were only...

...and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints ; and the other is in chap. viii. 3. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...•upon the golden altar, which was before the throne. It must be allowed, that there are many passages, in this book, which are hard to be understood ; but...

...and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints ; and the other is in chap. viii. 3. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...upon the golden altar, which was before the throne. It must be allowed, that there are many passages, in this book, which are hard to be understood ; but...

...decem et octo precum formulas, vel viros I sr; id it as et preces ipsorum." Compare Rev. viii. 3. " Another Angel came and stood at the altar, having...upon the golden altar which was before the throne." Schemoth Rabba, sect, xviii. fol. 117. "Michael et Sammael (Satanas) stant ante thronum Sclic-kina:,...

...march round it seven times, and at the erid of the seventh time the people were commanded to shout " And another angel came and stood at the altar, " having...before the throne. And the smoke of " the incense ascended, with the prayers of the " saints, from the hand of the angel before God. " And the angel...