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First; A Time of Affliction, is very suitably called, A night of Affliction. The Trouble and the Terror, which the Night brings with it, is but a Shadow of That which by Affliction comes upon us. When God brings a Time of Affliction upon men, it is thus Expressed, Job 34. 25. He overturns them in the Night. When God is addressed with our Devotion in a Time of Affliction, it is thus Expressed, Isa. 26. 9. ⟨p. 113⟩With my Soul have I desired thee in the Night. Yea, All the Bible over, we have the Name of Darkness put upon Affliction; As on the other side, The Day, and, The Light, are the Metaphors of Prosperity. Christian, when the Night arrives, as it will still once is Four and Twenty Hours, 'twill do thee to Harm to think, It won't be long before a succession of some dark Affliction arrives unto me. Again; When a Night of Affliction overtakes us, it is by the Providence of the Holy GOD. It was of old said, if He give Quietness, who can make Trouble? If there be any Trouble upon us, it could not have come without His Direction. Take it for a Time of Affliction, as well as more Literally, and still we must say, Psal. 74 16. Lord, The Day is thine, the Night also is thine. Relating to a Time of Affliction, tis challenged by the Great God, Isa. 45. 7. I create Darkness, I create Evil. It is impossible, that any Affliction should befall us, without the ordering of that GOD, who made the Son, and orders the Setting as well as the Rising of it. Christian, Does any Affliction […] thee? Think Seriously, 'Tis God that has brought this Darkness upon me?

First; A Time of Affliction, is very suitably called, A night of Affliction. The Trouble and the Terror, which the Night brings with it, is but a Shadow of That which by Affliction comes upon us. When God brings a Time of Affliction upon men, it is thus Expressed,