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appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river which is Hiddekel; then I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen." John says, "I saw a mighty angel clothed with a cloud." Daniel says, "I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen." Now, to show that men are sometimes called angels, or that angels are sometimes called men, in the Bible, we shall mention two circumstances, one from the Old Testament and the other from the New Testament.

In the nineteenth chapter of the book of Genesis, it is said: "And there came two ANGELS to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward