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

Will you say, O, but suppose the Plague should come; all my friends would leave me, I shall be left all alone, and what shall become of me then? why (says he) at the 15. verse, He shall call upon me, and I will answer him, I will be with him in trouble, spoken in regard of the Plague; I am of Molerus his mind, that the whole Psalm relates to the Plague.

Will you say, O, but I cannot believe this, there is no likelihood that I should escape in a general Plague; mark what he says in the last verse, With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation, it shall be my salvation, thou shalt not be saved by second causes, but it shall be my salvation; and in the 3d verse, saith he, Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, from the noisome pestilence; do not doubt it, surely he shall deliver thee. The words of this Psalm are so said as to take off, and to obviate all our objections and fears; therefore why should we not trust in the Lord in the time of a Plague?

Will you say, O, but I cannot believe this, there is no likelihood that I should escape in a general Plague; mark what he says in the last verse, With long life will I satisfie him, and shew him my salvation, it shall be my salvation, thou shalt not be saved by second causes, but it shall be my salvation; and in the 3d verse, saith he, Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, from the noisom pestilence; do not doubt it, surely he shall deliver thee. The words of this Psalm are so said as to take off, and to obviate all our objections and fears; therefore why should we not trust in the Lord in the time of a Plague?

But you will say then, how shall this work of faith and trusting in the Lord be carried on? I shall say no more in it, ⟨p. 24⟩but only two or three things from this Psalm. It must be carried on with love to God, knowledge of his name, and prayer. In the 14. verse, because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him. As you must believe and trust in God, so you must set your love on God; and says he, I will set him on high because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: Here are three things; Love to God, knowledge of his name, and prayer; your faith and trust in such a day must go along with these three: Some say, they do believe and trust in God, but they don't set their love upon God; some say they love him, but do not know his name, that whereby God is distinguished and worshipped; some say they know Gods name, but they do not pray. But now if you would carry on your faith and trust in the Lord as you ought to do, your trusting in the Lord must be carried on with Love to God, Knowledge of his Name, and Prayer.