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

7ly. If these things be so; why then, why should we not trust in the Lord in this day of great mortality, this sickly time, this time of the Plague and Pestilence? what, shall the Angels be your attendants, (now especially) and won't you trust in God? what have you such a promise as this is, and will you not trust in the Lord? shall the Lord himself be your protector, and charge his Angels with you for such a time as this, and will you not trust in the Lord? 'Tis recorded of Alexander, that being in great danger, and to fight next day with his enemies, he slept very soundly the night before, and he being asked the reason thereof, said, Parmenio wakes, meaning a great & faithful Captain of his, Parmenio wakes, says he. The Angels are called watch-men, they watch & are faithful, therefore you may be secure, quiet and at rest; trust in the Lord for ever upon this account, in this day trust in the Lord.

7ly. If these things be so; why then, why should we not trust in the Lord in this day of great mortality, this sickly time, this time of the Plague and Pestilence? what, shall the Angels be your attendants, (now especially) and won't you trust in God? what have you such a promise as this is, and will you not trust in the Lord? shall the Lord himself be your protectour, and charge his Angels with you for such a time as this, and will you not trust in the Lord? 'Tis recorded of Alexander, that being in great danger, and to fight next day with his enemies, he slept very soundly the night before, and he being ask'd the reason thereof, said, Parmenio wakes, meaning a great & faithful Captain of his, Parmenio wakes, says he. The Angels are called watch-men, they watch & are faithful, therefore you may be secure, quiet and at rest; trust in the Lord for ever upon this account, in this day trust in the Lord.

8ly. If these things be so; then (friends) why should we not stoop to any work commanded, though it lie much beneath us? Don't you think that the attending upon a sick man, a man that hath a Plague-sore running upon him, is a work that lies much beneath Angels? yet the Angels do it because 'tis commanded, though much beneath them, yet they stoop to it because it is commanded: and what though a work lie much beneath you, yet if it be commanded, why should you not stoop to it? you will say, such a one is much beneath me, I wont lay my hand under his shoes, he is much beneath me; ah but the Angels lay their hands under your shoes, and the work they do for you is much beneath them; why should we not be like our attendants? this is Angelical obedience; the Angels do you many a kindness, and never look for thanks from you, they do many a kindness that you are not aware of: why are you delivered, sometimes you know not how? here's a hand under a wing, the ministration of Angels is the cause of it. But I say, the work they stoop to for you is much beneath them, and therefore why should we not stoop to any work commanded, though it lie much beneath us?