1 P21, 15

16

65, 1

Os 12,3-4

Za 1, 11

12

Jb 40, 14

Ez 28, 13

Ap 12, 4

2 Pt 2, 4

feet, for the place whereon with which Thou hast been
thou standest is holy. And angry? This is now the sev-
Josue did as was commanded entieth year.-And the Lord
him.
answered the Angel that

The Angel of the Lord spoke in me, good words,
stood by the threshing-floor comfortable words.

of Ornan the Jebusite.- The holy Angel of the To 10, 11
David, lifting up his eyes, saw Lord be with you in your
the Angel of the Lord stand- journey, and bring you

ing between heaven and through safe.

earth, with a drawn sword in The Angel said to Tobias: To 12, 12
his hand, turned against Je- When thou didst pray with
rusalem and both he and tears, I offered thy prayer to

the ancients clothed in hair- the Lord.

cloth fell down flat on the] There shall be joy before Lu 15, 10
ground.
the Angels of God upon one
Call now if there be any sinner doing penance.
that will answer thee, and
turn to some of the saints.

I saw seven Angels stand- Ap 8, 2-4 ing in the Presence of God;

In the womb Jacob sup- and there were given to them planted his brother, and by seven trumpets. And anhis strength he had success other Angel came, and stood with an Angel;-And he pre- before the Altar, having a vailed over the Angel, and golden censer: and there was strengthened: he wept, was given to him much inand made supplication to cense, that he should offer him he found him in Beth- of the prayers of all saints el, and there he spoke with us. upon the Golden Altar, which

The Angel of the Lord an- is before the Throne of God.swered and said: O Lord of And the smoke of the incense Hosts, how long wilt Thou of the prayers of the saints not have mercy on Jerusalem, ascended up before God and on the cities of Juda, from the hand of the Angel.

10. SIN AND PUNISHMENT OF THE BAD ANGELS.

God.

He [Behemoth] is the be-junto torments, to be reserved
ginning of the ways of unto judgment.
The angels who kept not
Thou wast in the pleasures their principality, but for-
of the Paradise of God: sook their own habitation,
every precious stone was thy He hath reserved under
covering.
darkness in everlasting chains
unto the judgment of the
great day.

His tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven.

God spared not the angels that sinned: but delivered them, drawn down by infernal ropes to the lower hell.

Ju 6

I saw Satan like lightning Lu 10, 18 falling from Heaven.

How art thou fallen from Is 14, 12 Heaven, O Lucifer, who

Jb 4, 18

Mt 4, 9

Jb 41, 25

W 2, 24

Mk 5, 12

Mt 12, 43

Jb 40, 16

Jn 8, 44

didst rise in the morning! how His Angels He found wicked-
art thou fallen to the earth, ness.
that didst wound the nations!

The devil, who seduced Ap 20, 9
Behold, they that serve them, was cast into the pool
Him are not steadfast, and in of fire and brimstone.

11.-PRIDE, ENVY, and deceiT OF THE BAD angels.

The devil said to Him: The devil led Him [Christ] Lu 4, 5-7 All these will I give Thee, into a high mountain, and if falling down Thou wilt showed Him all the kingdoms adore me. of the world in a moment of He beholdeth every high time;-And he said to Him: thing, he is king over all the To Thee will I give all this children of pride. power, and the glory of them: for to me they are delivered, and to whom I will, I give them. If Thou therefore wilt adore before me, all shall be Thine.

By the envy of the devil death came into the world and they follow him that are of his side.

The spirits besought Him, saying: Send us into the Doth Job fear God in Jb 1, 9-12 swine, that we may enter into vain ?-Hast not Thou made them. a fence for him and his house, When an unclean spirit is and all his substance round gone out of a man, he walk-about, blessed the works of eth through dry places seek- his hands, and his possession ing rest, and findeth none. hath increased on the earth?

He sleepeth under the-But stretch forth Thy shadow, in the covert of the hand a little, and touch all reed, and in moist places. that he hath, and see if he

He was a murderer from blesseth Thee not to Thy the beginning, and he stood Face.-Then the Lord said to not in the Truth, because Satan: Behold, all that he Truth is not in him. When hath is in thy hand: only he speaketh a lie, he speaketh put not forth thy hand upon of his own, for he is a liar, his person.

and the father thereof.

No, you shall not die the Ge 3, 45 3 K 22, 22 I will go forth, and be a death:-For God doth know lying spirit in the mouth of that in what day soever you all his prophets. And the shall eat thereof, your eyes Lord said: Thou shalt deceive shall be opened: and you him, and shalt prevail; go shall be as gods, knowing forth, and do so. good and evil.

Ap 12, 4

12.-POWER OF THE BAD ANGELS DIRECTED

AGAINST THE CHURCH AND THE FAITHFUL.

The dragon stood before the woman who was ready to

devour her Son.

Wo to the earth, and to the Ap 12, 12be delivered, that, when she sea, because the devil is come should be delivered, he might down unto you, having great

13

Ap 12, 15

wrath, knowing that he hath were possessed with devils,
but a short time!-And when coming out of the sepul-
the dragon saw that he was chres, exceeding fierce, so
cast unto the earth, he per- that none could pass by that
secuted the woman who way.
brought forth the man-child. The Lord showed me Jesus
The serpent cast out of his the High Priest standing be-
mouth, after the woman, fore the Angel of the Lord:
water as it were a river, that and Satan stood on His
he might cause her to be right hand, to be His adver-
carried away by the river. sary.

2 Ti 2, 26 They may recover them- I have gone round about
selves from the snares of the the earth, and walked through
devil, by whom they are it.
held captive at his will.

Satan went forth from the
Ap 12, 17 The dragon was angry Presence of the Lord, and
against the woman, and went struck Job with a very
to make war with the rest grievous ulcer from the sole
of her seed, who keep the of the foot even to the top
commandments of God, and of his head: and he took a
have the testimony of Jesus potsherd and scraped the
Christ.
corrupt matter, sitting on a

1 Pt 5, 8

Jn 13, 2

Ap 2, 10

1 T2, 18

Ac 5, 3

Lu 8, 12

Mt 8, 28

Your adversary the devil, dunghill. as a roaring lion, goeth about

Za 3, 1

Jb 1, 7

Jb 2,7

Satan rose up against 1 P21, 1

seeking whom he may devour. Israel, and moved David to
The devil put into the number Israel.

heart of Judas Iscariot to Behold, Satan hath desired Lu 22, 31
betray Jesus.
to have you, that he may sift

Behold, the devil will cast you as wheat.
some of you into prison, that You when you were dead Ep 2, 1-2
you may be tried and you in your offences and sins,—
shall have tribulation ten Wherein in time past you
days.
walked according to the course
We would have come unto of this world, of the spirit
you, I Paul indeed, both once that now worketh on the
and again; but Satan hath children of unbelief, were by
hindered us.
nature children of wrath.

Why hath Satan tempted The serpent said to the Ge 3, 1 thy heart, that thou shouldst woman: Why hath God comlie to the Holy Ghost, and manded you that you should by fraud keep part of the not eat of every tree of price of the land? Paradise?

The devil cometh, and tak- When the thousand years Ap 20,7 eth the Word out of their shall be finished, Satan shall heart, lest believing they be loosed out of his prison, should be saved. and shall go forth, and

When He was come on the seduce the nations. other side of the water, into Satan rose up against 1P21,1 the country of the Gerasens, Israel: and moved David there met Him two that to number Israel.

2 C4, 34

2 C 11, 14

Mt 4,6

Ap 6,5

Jb 41, 24

Jb 2,3

13.-CONVERSION OF UNBELIEVERS HINDERED BY
THE BAD ANGELS; THEIR APPEARANCE AS
ANGELS OF LIGHT; POWERLESS TO INFLICT
EVIL UNLESS BY GOD'S PERMISSION.

If our Gospel be also hid, The Lord said to Satan:
it is hid to them that are The Lord rebuke thee, O
lost;-In whom the god of Satan, and the Lord that
this world hath blinded the chose Jerusalem rebuke thee:
minds of unbelievers, that is not this a brand pluckt
the light of the Gospel of out of the fire?
the glory of Christ, Who is

Za 3, 2

See thou hurt not the wine Ap 6,6

the Image of God, should not and the oil.
shine unto them.

Save his life.

The Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand: only put not forth

Satan himself transformeth
himself into an angel of
light.
If Thou be the Son of God, thy hand upon his person.
cast Thyself down; for it is And Satan went forth from
written: That He hath given the Presence of the Lord.
His Angels charge over Thee, Satan said: Stretch forth
and in their hands shall they Thy hand a little, and touch
bear Thee up, lest perhaps all that he hath, and see if
Thou dash Thy foot against he blesseth Thee not to Thy
a stone.
Face.

Jb 2, 6

Jb 1, 12

Jb 1, 11

Behold, a black horse, and There was there a herd of Lu8, 32 he that sat on him had a many swine feeding on the pair of scales in his hand. mountain; and they besought There is no power upon Him that He would suffer earth that can be compared them to enter into them. with him who was made to fear no one.

And He suffered them.

They besought Him that Lu8, 31

Thou hast moved Me He would not command them
against him, that I should to go into the abyss.
afflict him without cause.

14.-MIRACLES

WORKED BY THEM, MANY LED
AWAY BY THEM AND THEIR AGENTS; GOD'S
INSTRUMENTS FOR CHASTISING THE WICKED.

2 T2, 9-11 That wicked one shall be the Truth that they might
revealed whose coming is be saved.

Therefore God

according to the working of shall send them the operation
Satan, in all power, and signs, of error, to believe lying,-
and lying wonders,-And in That all may be judged who
all seduction of iniquity to have not believed the Truth,
them that perish: because but have consented to in-
they received not the love of iquity.

Mt 24, 24

Ap 13, 2

Ex 8, 18

There shall arise false their fury they lay on griev-
Christs and false prophets, ous torments;-In the time
and shall show great signs of destruction they shall pour
and wonders, insomuch as to out their force, and they shall
deceive (if possible) even the appease the wrath of Him
elect.
that made them.

own
power.

a devil

To 6, 14

The dragon gave him his I hear that she hath been strength and great given to seven husbands, and they all died: moreover, I The magicians with their have heard that enchantments practised in killed them. like manner to bring forth He sent upon them the Ps 77, 49 sciniphs, as well on men as wrath of His indignation: on beasts. indignation and wrath and Eci 39, 33- There are spirits that are trouble, which He sent by created for vengeance, and in evil angels.

34

Ge 2,7

Ge 18, 27

Jb 10, 8-9

Ps 77, 39

Is 45,9

Ts 40, 6-8

15. THE CREATION OF MAN; HIS MATERIAL

NATURE.

11

The Lord God formed man the flower is fallen, because of the slime of the earth. the Spirit of the Lord hath Seeing I have once begun, blown upon it.-Indeed, the I will speak to my Lord, people is grass: the grass is whereas I am dust and ashes. withered and the flower is Thy hands have made me, fallen; but the Word of our and fashioned me wholly Lord endureth for ever. round about; and dost Thou Hast Thou not milked me Jb 10, 10thus cast me down headlong as milk, and curdled me like on a sudden? Remember, cheese?-Thou hast clothed I beseech Thee, that Thou me with skin and flesh: Thou hast made me as the clay, hast put me together with and Thou wilt bring me into bones and sinews. dust again. We know, if our earthly He remembered that they house of this habitation be are flesh a wind that goeth dissolved, that we have a and returneth not. building of God, a house not Wo to him that gainsayeth made with hands, eternal in his Maker, a sherd of the Heaven. earthern pots! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth earthen vessels. it: What art thou making, and thy work is without nothing. hands?

We have this treasure in

2C5

2C4,7

Why is earth and ashes Eci 10,9

The voice of one saying: proud? Cry. And I said: What He knoweth our frame, HePs 102,14shall I cry? All flesh is remembereth that we are 15 grass, and all the glory there- dust;-Man's days are as of as the flower of the field. grass, as the flower of the -The grass is withered, and field so shall he flourish.