De Moor IX:30: The Order and Abode of Evil Angels

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Finally, in this number Scripture depicts Order, etc.  But whether it proceeds from the first Incitement to Fall, or from another source, it is not able to be said with certainty.  When we saw in § 23, that it is highly credible, that a certain One was the Leader of the other Fallen Angels in the Rebellion; this first Incitement to Fall is also able to be considered with probability as the Cause why the remaining Evil Angels remain subordinate to One as a Prince; with the Penal Constitution of God added in the second place (for these are able easily to be conjoined), who, because One was first in urging the rest to Fall, and the rest suffered themselves to be seduced by him, dispensed the state of these spirits in such a way that the One, for the aggravation of his Punishment, proceeds continually to incite the rest to evil, but the rest voluntarily admit his depraved suggestions in such a way that they are no longer able to withdraw themselves from his rule.

These things are certainly contemplated as more probable, than if you should derive this Order either from Voluntary Election after the Fall, or from the first Creation, that the Devil was at that time the head of all Angels, which opinions appear to be without any foundation; while the latter is in vain confirmed from Isaiah 14:12, in which there is a treatment of the King of Babylon in emblematic speech, as we have already observed in § 21.  Concerning the Order and divisions of Demons, see VOETIUS’ Disputationum theologicarum, part I, pages 979-984; ODÉ, Commentario de Angelis, section VII, chapter II, pages 725-732.

Finally, their Infernal Dwelling was previously observed, § 26, namely, where we at the same time saw, that from this Ordinary Dwelling an Outlet is often granted to them into the Earth:  while a similar Outlet into the Highest Heaven, which was designated by God as the domicile for holy Angels and Blessed Men, we dare not attribute to them, Revelation 21:27; neither does the figurative speech, 1 Kings 22:21; Job 1:6; 2:1; Zechariah 3:1, require us to believe this, as it is able to be sufficiently evident out of what has already been observed in § 26, 28.  Our AUTHOR warns that certain of Our Men imprudently conclude the contrary, among whom is the Most Illustrious ODÉ, who in this discovers a difference between the Old and New Testaments, Commentario de Angelis, section V, chapter III, § 4, 5, pages 692, 693.

On the argument of this Chapter, concerning Angels, both Good and Evil, consult also ZANCHI, de Operibus Dei, part I, books II-IV, opera, tome 3, columns 57-216.