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

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 ⟨p. 14⟩there doth belong to you? yes; I dare not steal, I dare not do any murder, I dare not commit adultery; for 'tis said, Thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, and this Thou belongs to me; and why should not the Thee of the promise belong to you, as well as the Thou of the Commandment? Oh that those that are afflicted and troubled in conscience would think but of this one thing. If thou concernest thy self in the Thou of the Commandment, thou art concerned in the Thee of the Promise;

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