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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.
Well, but how, and by what means will God protect and deliver those that trust in him in the time of a Plague?
For that I shall say only thus much, He will do it by the ministration of Angels, specially by the ministration of Angels: when Angels go forth to destroy, then Angels must go forth to deliver, seal, and secure; as in the 7th. of the Revelation, and first verse, After these things I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth, and the sea, saying, hurt not, &c. When Angels go forth to hurt, then Angels must go forth to seal, and save, and protect. Now in the time of a Plague, Angels go forth to destroy; therefore, saith the Lord here, I will give my angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways, they shall bear thee up in their hands, least thou dash thy foot against the stone. Have I given my Angels commission to destroy? I have given my angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. Thus now men shall be preserved and delivered in the time of a Plague, by the ministry of Angels. And so you have the words opened.
For that I shall say only thus much, He will do it by the ministration of Angels, specially by the ministration of Angels: when Angels go forth to destroy, then Angels must go forth to deliver, seal, and secure; as in the 7th. of the Revelation, and first verse, After these things I saw foure angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God; and he cryed with a loud voice to the foure angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth, and the sea, saying, hurt not, &c. When Angels go forth to hurt, then Angels must go forth to seal, and save, and protect. Now in the time of a Plague, Angels go forth to destroy; therefore, saith the Lord here, I will give my angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy wayes, they shall bear thee up in their hands, least thou dash thy foot against the stone. Have I given my Angels commission to destroy? I have given my angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy wayes. Thus now men shall be preserved and delivered in the time of a Plague, by the ministry of Angels. And so you have the words opened.