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

Lastly, the time of the Plague and pestilence is a time when people need Physicians and Surgeons, Surgeons and Physicians against their malady; a good angel can do this, and sometimes doth it: in the 5. of John, vers. 4. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the water, whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had; this is the work of an angel, to prepare a medicine; this is the work of an angel.

Lastly, the time of the Plague and pestilence is a time when people need Physicians and Surgeons, Surgeons and Physicians against their malady; a good angel can do this, and sometimes doth it: in the 5. of John, vers. 4. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the water, whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stept in, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had; this is the work of an angel, to prepare a medicine; this is the work of an angel.

Ay, but you will say, all these instances are extraordinary; what's this to me in this time of the Plague and sickness, what's this to me? these are extraordinary things; does their ministry still continue, or no?

Mark! yes certainly: the Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge; and how God was the God of Jacob, and how his refuge, ye heard even now: in the first of the Hebrews, 7th. verse, 'tis said, And of the angels he saith, who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire; Who maketh, in the present tense; as if 'twere always a doing, not who hath made, but who maketh; who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire, 'tis the present tense, 'tis continually a doing; and if you look into the old Testament, and compare the Cherubims that were in the tabernacle, with the Cherubims that were in the Temple, you shall find that the Cherubims that were in the tabernacle were but two, and the Cherubims that were in the Temple were four; why? but to show that their protection shall rather be enlarged than lessened; in the first Chapter of John, says our Saviour Christ there to Nathaniel, (last vers.) Verily, verily, I say unto you, that hereafter ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the son of man; hereafter, this is a Gospel truth, and the more you know and see the mystery of the Gospel revealed, the more will this mystery be revealed to you; hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending, &c. hereafter in Gospel times; and pray mark the words of the text, He shall give his angels charge over thee, over thee; say you, I confess this a comfortable truth, the protection of Angels in the time of the Plague and pestilence especially, but what's this to me? yes, (says he) He shall give his angels charge over thee, over thee. Now pray tell me when you read the Commandments, Thou shalt not steel, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt do no murder; do ye think that the Thou