The righteous man's habitation in the time of plague and pestilence being a brief…

But again 3ly. There is a Faith, I may call it a faith of recourse unto God, whereby a man doth betake himself unto God for shelter, for protection, as to his habitation; when other men do run, one this way, another that way to their hiding places, in the time of a Plague; for a man then to betake himself to God as to his habitation, I think this is the Faith that is here spoken of in this 91. Psalm; for do but mark the words of the Psalm: at the first verse, He that ⟨p. 12⟩dwelleth in the secret place of the most High, in the hiding place of the most High; as if he should say, when others run from the Plague and pestilence, and run to their hiding places, he that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High, that betakes himself to God as his hiding place and his habitation, he shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty, shall be protected, and so at the 9th. verse, Because thou hast made the Lord which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling; as if he should say to us, in time of a Plague men are running and looking out for habitations and hiding places; but because thou hast made the Lord thy habitation, and hast recourse to him as thy habitation, no evil shall befall thee, neither shall the plague come nigh thy dwelling: and again at the 11. verse, 'tis said, He shall give his Angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways, the ways of thy calling; as if he should say, in the time of a Plague men will be very apt to leave station and calling, and so run away from the Plague and pestilence: (saith he) he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways, the ways of thy calling and place; that is, look when a man in the time of a Plague shall conscientiously keep his station and place, and betake himself to God as his habitation, this is the Faith that is here spoken of, and this is the Faith that God hath promised protection to, here in this 91. Psalm.

But again 3ly. There is a Faith, I may call it a faith of recourse unto God, whereby a man doth betake himself unto God for shelter, for protection, as to his habitation; when other men do run, one this way, another that way to their hiding places, in the time of a Plague; for a man then to betake himself to God as to his habitation, I think this is the Faith that is here spoken of in this 91. Psalm; for do but mark the words of the Psalm: at the first verse, He that ⟨p. 12⟩