Semiphoras and Schemhamphoras
(1686)

What Man Receives from the Order of Angels

Man becomes strengthened with wonderful power through the order of angels, so that he declares the divine will:

  • From the Seraphim, that we cling with fervent love;
  • from the Cherubim, enlightenment of the mind, and power and wisdom over the exalted figures and images, through which we can gaze upon divine things, etc.;
  • from the Thronis, a knowledge of how we are made and constituted. that we may direct our thoughts upon eternal things;
  • from Dominationbius, assistance to bring into subjection our daily enemies, whom we carry with us constantly, and enabling us to attain salvation;
  • from Potestatibus, protection against human enemies of life;
  • from Virtutibus, God infuses strength into us, enabling us to contend against the enemies of truth, and reward that we may finish the course of our natural life;
  • from Principatibus, that all things become subject to man, that he may grasp all power and draw unto himself all secret and supernatural knowledge;
  • from Archangelis, that he may rule over all things that God has made subject to him -- over the animals of the field, over the fishes of the sea, and over the birds of the air;
  • from the Angelis he receives the power to be the messenger of the Divine will.