We have heard your cry concerning those who dwell near you and who have done evil against your door, and our heart is moved for you and for your family in this trial.
You need an infinite Friend to keep you in safety against all the machinations of your adversaries, and blessed be God, you have such a Friend. Our safety lies not in our own strength nor in walls and doors, but in our Savior. It is written, Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory. He is as wise as He is able, and He is able to keep you from falling and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. We constantly need to cry to God to keep us from falling and to keep us in all our ways.
The promise is sure that He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. This protection is perpetual as well as personal, but remember it is promised to those who walk in appointed ways. Do not act in willfulness or in passion, but walk in the way of wisdom and of peace. Carry not your complaint only to men, but carry it at once to the Court of the King's Bench, where the Judge of all presides. Pour out your heart before the Lord in prayer, and seek also the lawful help that Providence has appointed for your protection among men.
We are bound to love even sinners, and not to drive them from the land of hope, but to seek their good, yet we are not bound to expose our households to ruin. There may be acts which would be imprudent, seeing that by doing them we might ruin others. Love your neighbour, for a neighbour is one who dwells near you, but love does not require you to remain in danger when the Lord opens a way of escape. As He said to Jacob, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm, so He journeyed with him in safety, so He can journey with you and yours.
As with Noah, the Lord calls His people into the ark, and there He shuts them in. Christ is that ark. Abide in Him, and find all your fellowship and safety in Him, and pray that your whole family may be found together under His covering. For the whole family in heaven and earth is His, and death and danger cannot separate those who are His from His love.
Let us pray for you now.
O Lord our God, our only wise Savior, who art able to keep us from falling, look in mercy upon this household now beset and troubled. Keep them by Thy power, give Thy angels charge over them, and cover them under Thy wings. Restrain the hands of those who do evil, turn their hearts if it be Thy will, and break down everything which sets itself up in opposition to Thy peace. Grant to this family wisdom to walk prudently, to seek peace, and to find a safe habitation. Lead them onward and upward in the divine life, and present them faultless before Thy glory with exceeding joy. Deliver them from fear, keep their feet from falling, and let them know the joy of Thy perpetual keeping, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.