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The righteous man's habitation in the time of plague and pestilence being a brief…
The righteous man's habitation in the time of plague and pestilence being a brief exposition of the XCI. Psalm / by William Bridge.
London: printed for T.J., 1665
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But then again 4ly. you must know this promise is not mad• to a believer absolutely, but in opposition to the wicked: therefore 'tis said, the Lord having promised this to a believer, that no evil should befall him, though a thousand should fall at his side, and ten thousand at his right hand; at the 8. verse 'tis said (so Montanus, rather then only but) with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked: as if he should say, though this or that particular believer dye of the Plague; Believers shall out-live the wicked, and be last upon the ground, and they shall see the reward of the wicked; they shall see this judgment sweep away the ungodly.
But then again 4ly. you must know this promise is not mad• to a believer absolutely, but in opposition to the wicked: therefore 'tis said, the Lord having promised this to a believer, that no evil should befal him, though a thousand should fall at his side, and ten thousand at his right hand; at the 8. verse 'tis said (so Montanus, rather then only but) with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked: as if he should say, though this or that particular believer dye of the Plague; Believers shall out-live the wicked, and be last upon the ground, and they shall see the reward of the wicked; they shall see this judgment sweep away the ungodly.
But again further, if I should interpret this as Austin doth in the first of John concerning Christ; where 'tis said, he enlightens every one that come into the world, that is (says Augustine) all that are enlightened are enlightened by him. As you say of a School-master in a Town, this School-master teaches all the boys in the Town; not that he teaches every particular boy in the Town, but that all that are taught, are taught by him. So says he, Christ enlightens every one that comes into the world, that is, all that are enlightened, are enlightened by him. So here the Lord doth promise protection and deliverance to all those that do believe in the time of a Plague, that is, all that have protection and deliverance (in the time of the Plague) have it from him.