68oThatworldly thingsmaremenforgetfulofGod,&vnthankful whenthey had theworld at will, forgot the Lord,andferued idols; but.when for their fumes, they were deliuered into thehand ofthcir enemies, they againe remember, and returne vnto him. So afterward the Lordby hisProphet complaineth. Hoke 13 6. ofthem,rhat asin theirpaflures,fo were theyfilled; they were filled, andtheir heart was exalted : therefore they haue forgotten mee. And henceit is,that the Lord forefeeing thatthere would bee the fruits of their profperitïe and abundance, is fo carefuil in giuing themwarningofit,thattheymight not thusbe ouerta- Deur..6.to.rr.ken. When (faith he) the Lordthy Godbathbrought thee into the 8"8.1o.i1. landwhichbef rarevntothyfathers, esibraham,lfaac andJacob. togiue it to thee, with great andgoodly cities whichthoubuildeff no,andhoufeswithallmannerofeoods, which rhoufillcd11not,and wiles diggedwhich thoudiggedff not,vineyardsand olítteswhich thou plantedfi not; andwhen thouhaft eaten andartfull, beware left thou thouforget the Lord, &c. So elfewhere; when thou haft eatenandfilled thyfelfe,thoulhaltblefs the Lord thy God for the good land, which be hathgiuen thee. Beware that thouforget not the Lordthy God, not keeping his commandements, &c. And thus worldly honours make men to forget the Lord,who bath aduan ced them,and to faywith Pharaoh, who isthe Lordthat J Dan.3,7 fò- fhouldheare him? Andwith Nebuchadneztar,Whois that God thatcan deliueryou outofminehands? Neither is it any maruell thatthey thus forget God intheirruffe and iollity, feting their pride fo ouerfhadoweth their memories,that they arereadie to forget themfelucs,afpiring vino diuine hónours as though they were Gods,and newerremembring,ehough their memories be rubbed withfo many frailties and infirmities, that they are but mortali men. Thus alto abundance and fuperfluitie of riches' Prou.;o.e. dothmake men ordinarily to forget God, as theWife Hagur intimateth in that prayer: Glue me not riches,left l befukand dente thee,andfäy,who to theLord? For fo vnthankfull wee are, that the mart makes vs to forget the tree, and the pleafant ¡Ironies thefountaine from which theycome ; neitherare wee longer mindful! ofGod, then whileft ournecelütics confirai- ningvs,we implore his helpe. But abone all other things in the world,carnallpleafures arc apttoworke in thofe forgetfulneffe ofGod,who doe inloy them; for whofoeuer drinke a deepe draught ofthefefweet waters ofcarnalldelights (as itwere of the
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