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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.
The second position is this; as the destroying and protecting angel may seem to be divers, so God doth sometimes employ an evil angel to afflict and destroy good men, and doth sometimes employ a good angel to afflict bad men; sometimes God doth employ a good angel to afflict and destroy wicked men, as in the case of Sodom, they were good angels that destroyed Sodom: sometimes on the other side, God doth employ evil angels to afflict (and shall I use the word destroy) good men; the Devil wasted Job, and killed his children.
But 3ly. Though the angels may be thus employed, the destroyer, and the protector; yet this is certain, that all protection of the Saints falls into the hands and the lap of the good angels, for he shall give his angels charge over thee; his, why his? in distinction from the devils and evil angels, that did not stay by him, but left him in the time of their apostasy: and they shall bear thee in their arms; Devils don't bear the Saints in their arms, therefore the business of the Saints protection, this falls wholly upon the good angels to do; but look, I say, when the destroying angel is abroad, then is a fit time for the protecting angel to be abroad too. ⟨p. 12⟩Now in the time of the Plague and pestilence, the destroying angel is abroad; therefore then especially is the good angel to be at work for the protection of the Saints.
But 3ly. Though the angels may be thus employed, the destroyer, and the protectour; yet this is certain, that all protection of the Saints falls into the hands and the lap of the good angels, for he shall give his angels charge over thee; his, why his? in distinction from the devils and evil angels, that did not stay by him, but left him in the time of their apostacy: and they shall bear thee in their armes; Devils don't bear the Saints in their armes, therefore the business of the Saints protection, this falls wholly upon the good angels to do; but look, I say, when the destroying angel is abroad, then is a fit time for the protecting angel to be abroad too. ⟨p. 12⟩