There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Ver. 10. There shall no evil befall the] No devoratory evil, as Tertullian expresseth it; nothing that tendeth ad exitium, but only ad exercitium, and such as shall end in thy good.
Neither shall any plague] What a wonderful separation made the Lord between the houses of the Israelites and the Egyptians, Exodus 11:7. See Job 5:1,27, and take these places, as Psalms 91:6. For it may befall a saint to share in a common calamity; as the good corn and weeds are cut down together, but for a different end and purpose,
- Non te tua plurima, Pantheu,
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