John Trapp on Joel 2:32

Verſe 32. And it ſhall come to paſſe, that whoſoeveer &c.] Leſt any good ſoul hearing the former heavy menaces, ſhould ſay with the diſciples, Mark 10.26. Who then can be ſaved? Or, with theſe Deſpondents in Jeremy, chap. 2.25. There is no hope, the Prophet concludeth with this comfortable Coroliary, Whoſoever ſhall call upon the name of the Lord,] yea, that but nameth the name of Chriſt in faithfull prayer, deſiring and endeavouring to depart from iniquity, 2 Tim 2.19. the ſame ſhall be delivered,] He ſhall have ſafety here, and ſalvation hereafter. Rom 10.13. Watch ye therefore, and pray alwayes (ſaith our Saviour) that ye may be accounted worthy to eſcape all theſe things that ſhall come to paſſe, and to ſtand before the Son of man, Luke 21.36. with 25 Something God will yeeld to the prayers of his people, when he ſeemeth moſt bitterly bent, and unchangeably reſolved againſt them, Matth. 24.20. and when the tribulation is ſo great, that it is not likely that any fleſh ſhall be ſaved, verſ. 21, 22. Prayer, ſaith One, is the beſt lever at a dead lift; provided that it be the prayer of faith; for Mercy is the Mother, Faith the Midwife of deliverances. Hence it followeth.

for in mounth Zion and in Jeruſalem,] where the pure word of God was preached, Eſay 2.3. and mens hearts purified by faith, Acts 15.9. ſhall be deliverance,] from all evils and enemies, Pſalm 76.3. There brake he the arrows of the bowe, the ſhield, and the ſword, and the battle. Selah. There? where? In Salem, in Zion, verſe 2. where Gods people were praying. This Moab knew, and therefore more feared a praying people, then a numerous army, Numb. 22.3. This the Queen Mother of Scotland knew, and therefore ſaid, that ſhe feared-more the faſting and prayers of Iohn Knox, and his diſciples, then an army of twenty thouſand men.Spec. bell. ſacri. Let Gods ſuppliants but call upon him in the day of their trouble, and he will deliver them, that they may glorifie him, Pſal. 50 15. He will deliver them, yea and honour them: with long life will he ſatisfie them, and ſhew them his ſalvation, Pſalm 91.16. Holy Merlin, Chaplain to the Admirall of France, at the Pariſian Maſſacre, had the performance of this promiſe among many others: For underſtanding the danger they were all in, he prayed in the Admirals chamber (and by his command) a little before the Murtherers brake in: and, by a ſingular providence, eſcaped into an Hay-mow,Epitom. hiſt. Gullick. where he lay hid for a fortnight, and was miraculouſly fed by a hen that cam daily, and laid an egge hard by him.

as the Lord hath ſaid,] and Gods ſuppliants have ſtedfaſtly beleeved, and do therefore put his promiſes in ſuit. In the want of other Rhetorike, let Chriſtians in their prayers burden God with what he hath ſaid, ſue him upon his own bond, urge this with repetition; Lord thou haſt promiſed, thou haſt promiſed, and they ſhall finde that he cannot deny himſelf: and he can as ſoon deny himſelf, as his promiſes. His covenant he will not break: nor alter the thing that is gone out of his lips, Pſal. 89.34.

and in the remnant whom God ſhall call.] Thoſe holy brethren that ſhall partake of the heavenly calling to glory and vertue, Heb. 3.1. whether they be Jewes, or Gentiles. Faithfull is he that calleth them, who alſo will do it, 1 Theſſ. 5.24. And although they are but a remnant, which is but a ſmall to the whole piece, an hand-full to an houſe-full, a fold to a field, a little, little flock, Luke 12.32. yet being the caled of Jeſus Chriſt, Rom. 1.6. and ſuch as call upon him in truth, they are not onely his called, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. but choſen and faithfull, Revel. 17.24. They are alſo heirs of that promiſe, Mic. 5.7. which ſhall be fully made good to them, that (as for their propagation) this remnant of Iacob, ſhall be in the middeſt of many people, as a dew from lehovah, (the dew is ingendred, and diſtilled from the Lord immediatly:) ſo (for their growth and increaſe) they ſhall be as the ſhowers upon the graſſe, as the ſprouting up of graſſe and herbs in the wilderneſſe, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the ſonnes of men, to come with watering-pots to nouriſh them (as herbs in gardens do) but theſe have ſhowers from heaven, that give the increaſe.