took up the lesser ones. The fallen spirits “he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.” Yet he looked on men, the creatures of a day, with eyes of pity and compassion, and sent his Son to earth, in our nature, that he might redeem us from the wrath which was justly our due. The angels have no direct interest in the death of Christ, and the blood of Christ, because of any blessing which will come through him to any of their former angelic companions;