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23. She came then to speak particularly concerning the Plague, Doth not (said she) the Pestilence come from God; why else doth the Scripture say, shall there be evil in the City which I have not sent? What do those people mean, which say the Pestilence comes from the Air? Is not the Lord the Creator and Ruler of the Air, and are not the Elements under his Government? Or if they say it comes from the Earth, hath he not the same power and influence upon that too? What talk they of a Ship that came from Africa; have we not read long ⟨p. 35⟩ago together out of Lev. 26.25. I shall bring a sword upon you, and avenge the quarrel of my covenant, and when you are assembled in the Cities, then will I bring the pestilence in the midst of you.

24. After this, having taken some little rest, she said, O now is the day for the opening of the first question of the Catechism, and if we were there, we should hear, that whether in death or life a Believer is Christs, who hath redeemed us by his own precious blood from the power of the Devil; and then she quoted, Rom. 14.7, 8. For none of us liveth unto himself, and none of us dieth to himself. For whether we live we live unto the Lord, and whether we die we die unto the Lord, whether then we live or die, we are the Lords. Then be comforted, for whether I live or die, I am the Lords, O why do you afflict your selves thus? but what shall I say? with weeping I came into the world, and with ⟨p. 36⟩weeping I must go out again. O my dear Parents, better is the day of my death than the day of my birth.