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For he shall giue his Angels charge ouer thee, to keepe thee in all his wayes.
They shall beare thee in their hands, that thou hurt not thy foote against a stone.
HEre wee haue againe, a newe most comfortable doctrine, concerning the preseruation of Gods children by the holy Angels of God, as against sun∣dry calamities of this present life, so against the pestilence, the argumēt is thus formed.
They which haue the custodie and watch of the holy Angels ouer them, shall be preserued from euill spirits, and comforted in the noy∣some pestilence.
But thou true beleeuer, which hidest thy selfe by faith in Gods prouidence, as in the bo∣some of the Almightie: which art so watch∣full ouer thy conscience, thy heart, and all thy wayes: thou shalt bee preserued by the holy Angels of God.
Wherefore walking thus watchfully in thy wayes, thou shalt be kept free frrom wicked spirits, and comforted in the pestilence.
HE commpareth vs in this Argument to infants, and the Angels to Nurses, most fitly, & the scandals and offen∣ces of this life, which hurt and hinder vs in our race to heauen-ward, vnto stones which cause vs to stumble in the streetes. And surely who so considereth our weak∣nes, the thorns & briers we passe through, and the dangerous rocks we passe ouer, a∣gaine, Sathans subtilties and infinit snares: shall well vnderstand this argument con∣taineth no hyperbole, or fained speech, for assuredly we could not passe three paces
in our wayes towards heauen, if that the holy Angels did not as it were carrie vs in the aire, and chase away wicked spirites from vs.
Here we see, the Lord offereth another spirituall preseruatiue of wonderfull ver∣tue, power and might, against the pe∣stilence.
We haue in these 2. Uerses; these three things most worthy our obseruation.
1 That all the holy Angels are vnder the charge and gouernment of the Lord, they serue and minister vnto him, and where he will.
2 How that they haue not onely a ge∣nerall charge ouer all the faithfull, but in particular they must care for, and watch ouer euery one: Keepe thee, beare thee.
3 How long their charge lasteth: as long as the faithfull walke vprightly and soundly with God in all their wayes ap∣pointed for them.
A gracious preseruati∣on in the Pestilence.