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( 7 ) You ſee this clearly exampliſied in Jehoshaphat, 2. Chron. XX. 12. O our God, faith he, wilt thon not judge them? for we have no Might againſ all this Company that comet)s. againſt us: neither know we what to do; but our Eyes are toward thee. That the afflictions of the People of God are clearly imported by the Sun ſhining upon them, is eaſily demon- ſtrate from many places of Scripture ; in particular, look to the Parable of the Sower, Matt. xiii. there is ſome Seed falleth among Stones, which, immediately ſpringing up, is ſcorched by the Sun. In the opening up of the Pa- rable, the Lord applieth it to Tribulations and Perſecuti- ons ariſing becauſe of the Word : So likeways, Iſa. iv. Chriſt is held forth under the Figure of a Tabernacle in the Day- time from Heat; as alſo, in that ſorecited Place, Rev. vii. the Immunity of the People of God in Heaven is expreſſed in theſe Terms; The Sun ſhall not light on them. Whence ?tis clear, that by the ſhining of the Sun upon God's peo- ple is imported any thing that annoyeth them, from which Chriſt here ſheltereth them, and at the latter End fully de- liveroth them. Alſo, that by theſe Companions, here ſpo- ken of, are not underſtood the true Friends of Jeſus Chriſt, is evident, if you will conſider the great Averſation the Spouſe hath to their Company, diſcovering that ſhe could not follow theſe without a Turning aſide; as alſo the Lord, in his Anſwer, directs her to the Footſteps of the Flocks, and Shepherds Tents, as ſomewhat diſtinct from theſe Companions here ſpoken of The Words then are a ſerious Supplication of the Church of God, under the Preſſure of ſome heavy Affict- on; Affliction come to its greateſt Height as the Sun at Noon, and in this Strait ſhe crieth for Help; her Prayer falls willingly in theſe three: Firſt, the Compellation ſhe gives to Chriſt to whom her Prayer is directed, O thou whom my Soul loveth! 2dly, the Petition itſelf, managed with