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( 24 ) is a particular Charge to approach to him at ſuch a Time, and a particular Promiſe annexed to Obedience ; Pſal. I. 15. Call upon me in the Day of Trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou ſhalt glorify me. Tribulation is a Time when the Lord makes Proof of his People's Friendſhip to him, in that they will not be diverted from a Courſe of Obedience to him by any Hope or Fear whatſoever ; that, how deſpicable ſo ever they may be in the Eyes of Men, he adheres to them, deſpicable as they are, and evidences the Sincerity of his Friendſhip, in his gracious ſupplying of their Neceſſities, when they call upon him. Let this be recorded for a Cordial, though thou wert baniſhed from all thy Friends and Acquaintances on Earth, yet God is within Cry, if thou be one that can give him this Compellation, O thou whom my Soul loveth. This you ſee exampliſied in the Caſe of David, Pſal. xxxviii. 11. My Lovers and Kinsfolk ſtand alpof from my Sore, and my Friends ſand a far off. But is there no Boſom into which he can pour forth his Complaints? is there no Eye that can com- paſſionately behold his Miſery? is there no Ear within Reach of his Groaning? Look to the 9th Verſe, and you will find one for all; Lord, all my Deſire is before thee, and my Groaning is not hid from thee. How powerful a Lean hath ſervent Prayer been to effectuate Deliveries to the People of God? How oft did the Church, in that Book of the fudges, cry to him, and how did he deliver them, to the Confuſion of their Oppreſſors? Yea, when the Lord is provoked, by their going to and fro betwixt him and Idols in Adverſity and Proſperity, ſo that he in a manner bolts the Door upon them for ever, that they ſhould have no more Acceſs to him, Judges x. 11. The Zidonians, Amalekites and Moabites did oppreſs you, and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their Hands, yet ye have forſaken me, and ſerved other Gods; wherefore I will de- liver you no more. Go, cry to the Gods that you have choſen, and