'Chap. 14.. An Expofitïonupon the RooIofTó13 . Verf 15:. 623' one, Lord, remember me when thou comet to thy Kingdom, if we have bet aplace, on the Memory of Chrifl , we find/ not want a place in the Kingdom of Ghrifi. Let us get into the heart of God, and we are fore enough, to have all the holy delires of our own Hearts : If we once have a place in the Heart of God, he will not cart us out of his Memory, though he calls us into trouble. He remembershis in Prifon anc in Chains, in lickBeds, and in the Valleyof the fhadowof Death ; Thoughhe bury us in the Grave, yet hewill notbury his Thoughts of us. We ufe to fay of men, out of fight, oat of mind ; but, as we cannot be hid in any fcret place out of the fight of God, fo Godwill never let us fall out of his Mind. From all take this Deduction. If it befucha treafure of Love andMaly to have God remember u , what a treafure of wrath andmifery is it to be everlaftingly for- áotten by God ! Wicked men fhall never be remembred by God for good, nor Ilia!! they ever be forgotten for evil. The Memory which God keeps of them , and of what they have done , will tor- ment themas much as their ownmemory of it will. How glad would theybe if God would but forget them, how glad would theybe if they could forget themfelves ! But as theycan remem- ber no good they have done, fo they fhall not forget the evil they have done, and as God will not remember them for good, fo he cannot ( becaufe he will not , aíid he will not becaufe he is Jufl) forget topour out upon them the utmoft and extreameft evils. lob having prefentedGod with this threefold Requeft : To be hid in the Grave; To have a fet time appointed him ; And to be remembred : He paffeth from Petitioning to a ftrange kind of Queflioning, and fromboth to the Higheft and Nobleft kind of Refolving. Verfe 14.. If a man die, 'ball he live again ? All the dayes of my ape- pòanted time will Iwait till my changecomo. There is muchvariety ofConje&ore about themeaning of theft words. Take this Præcaution, lob doth not fpeak here as doubting, whether a man that dies íhall live any more 'He is clear for Ylas
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