INTRODUCTION. GOD is, from all eternity, self-existing -in His Triune Divinity, of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, self-sufficient. He created, first the Angels, for His love and service, bestowing on them the knowledge of good and evil, and leaving them free will. Myriads, led on by the archangel Lucifer, abused this power, revolted from the design of their creation, and were cast from the favour and presence of God for ever. The rest of the heavenly host were, at the same instant, confirmed in perfec |