A journal of the plague year, or, Memorials of the great pestilence in London, in 1665 / by Daniel De Foe. Revised edition with historical notes by E. W. Brayley ... Also, some account of the great fire in London in 1666, by Gideon Harvey ... with an appendix containing the Earl of Clarendon's account of the fire. With illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank.

  • Daniel Defoe
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[1881]
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Credit: A journal of the plague year, or, Memorials of the great pestilence in London, in 1665 / by Daniel De Foe. Revised edition with historical notes by E. W. Brayley ... Also, some account of the great fire in London in 1666, by Gideon Harvey ... with an appendix containing the Earl of Clarendon's account of the fire. With illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    occurred to me, that if I had what I might call a direction to stay, I ought to suppose it contained a promise of being presei'ved, if I obeyed. This lay close to me, and my mind seemed more and more encouraged to stay than ever, and supported with a secret satisfaction that I should be kept. Add to this, that turning over the Bible which lay before me, and while my thoughts were more than ordinarily serious upon the question, I cried out, Well, I know not what to do; Lord, direct me !^^ and the like; and, at that juncture, I happened to stop turning over the book, at the ninety- first Psalm; and casting my eye on the second verse, I read on to the seventh verse inclusive; and after that in- cluded the tenth, as follows :— I will say of the Lord, he ]^viy refuge and my fortress ; my God, in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his icings shalt thou trust; his truth shall he thy shield and bucHer. Thou shalt not he afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day ; nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that lixisteth at noon day. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; hut it shall'not con:e nigh thee. Only icith thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the icicked. Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any 2)lague come nigh thy dwelling, &c. I scarce need tell the reader, that from that moment I resolved that I Avould stay in the town ; and casting my- self entii'ely upon the goodness and protection of the Almighty, would not seek any other shelter whatever; ind that as my times were in His hands, he was as able