Saints are greatly concerned in such judgments upon a religiousand Christian account, for it is usual for the flood of God's judgmentsnot only to sweep away our civil and natural, but our spiritual andbest enjoyments and comforts. Thus the ordinances of God ceased inBabylon, and there the faithful bewailed their misery upon thataccount, Psal. 137. per totum; "we wept when we remembered thee,O Zion." Not only Israel flies, but the ark is taken prisoner by theenemy, 1 Sam. 4:11. And you find the people of God more deeplyconcerned upon this account, than for all their outward losses andother sufferings, Zeph. 3:18. "I will gather them of thee that aresorrowful for the solemn assemblies, to whom the reproach of it wasa burden.