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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.
As for the first, it is so full and clear in the words, that I shall need go no further. He doth not say, that God will provide for his people in the general, but there is a singular and special care and providence that God hath for his people. For if you mind the words: first, he says, he will give his angels charge over thee: Charge, charge is a strict command, more than a bare command; as when you would have a servant do a business certainly and fully, you lay a charge upon him, I charge you that you do not neglect that business; you don't barely tell him what he should do, prescribe him his work; but you charge him to do it. So says the Lord unto the Angels; my servants or children, now they are in the Plague and Pestilence, O my Angels, I charge you stir not from their houses, I charge you stir not from such a ones bed-side; 'tis a charge, He shall give his angels charge.
As for the first, it is so full and clear in the words, that I shall need go no further. He doth not say, that God will provide for his people in the generall, but there is a singular and special care and providence that God hath for his people. For if you mind the words: first, he sayes, he will give his angels charge over thee: Charge, charge is a strict command, more than a bare command; as when you would have a servant do a business certainly and fully, you lay a charge upon him, I charge you that you do not neglect that business; you don't barely tell him what he should do, prescribe him his work; but you charge him to do it. So sayes the Lord unto the Angels; my servants or children, now they are in the Plague and Pestilence, O my Angels, I charge you stir not from their houses, I charge you stir not from such a ones bed-side; 'tis a charge, He shall give his angels charge.
2ly. He doth not only, and will not only charge his Angel, but his Angels; not one Angel charged with the safety of his people, but many Angels, for their better guard and security; he shall give his angels charge.