Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

68oThat worldly thingsmare men forgetful of God,& vnthank ful whenthey had theworld at will, forgot the Lord,andferued idols; but.when for their fumes, they were deliuered into the hand ofthcir enemies, they againe remember, and returne vnto him. So afterward the Lord by his Prophet complaineth. Hoke 13 6. ofthem,rhat as in their paflures, fo were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted : therefore they haue forgotten mee. And hence it is,that the Lord forefeeing that there would bee the fruits of their profperitïe and abundance, is fo carefuil in giuing them warning ofit,that they might not thus be ouerta- Deur..6.to.rr.ken. When (faith he) the Lord thy God bath brought thee into the 8"8.1o.i1. land which bef rarevntothyfathers, esibraham,lfaac and Jacob. togiue it to thee, with great and goodly cities which thou buildeff no ,and houfeswithallmannerofeoods, which rhoufillcd11not,and wiles digged which thoudiggedff not,vineyardsand olítteswhich thou plantedfi not; and when thou haft eaten and art full, beware left thou thou forget the Lord, &c. So elfewhere; when thou haft eaten and filled thy felfe,thoulhaltblefs the Lord thy God for the good land, which be hathgiuen thee. Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, not keeping his commandements, &c. And thus worldly honours make men to forget the Lord,who bath ad uan ced them,and to fay with Pharaoh, who isthe Lord that J Dan.3,7 fò- fhouldheare him ? And with Nebuchadneztar,Who is that God that can deliueryou outofmine hands? Neither is it any maruell thatthey thus forget God in their ruffe and iollity, feting their pride fo ouerfhadoweth their memories,that they are readie to forget themfelucs,afpiring vino diuine hónours as though they were Gods,and newer remembring,ehough their memories be rubbed with fo many frailties and infirmities, that they are but mortali men. Thus alto abundance and fuperfluitie of riches' Prou.;o.e. doth make men ordinarily to forget God, as the Wife Hagur intimateth in that prayer: Glue me not riches,left l be fukand dente thee,and fäy,who to the Lord? For fo vnthankfull wee are, that the mart makes vs to forget the tree, and the pleafant ¡Ironies thefountaine from which they come ; neither are wee longer mindful! ofGod, then whileft ournecelütics confirai- ning vs,we implore his helpe. But abone all other things in the world,carnall pleafures arc apt to worke in thofe forgetfulneffe ofGod,who doe inloy them; for whofoeuer drinke a deepe draught ofthefe fweet waters of carnall delights (as it were of the