3à4 C Fir II, i S T?5 .41209; had that true convicîion, and godly forre w, and reformation, and faith and amendment of life that is in being converted, the foule would have the lively remembrance of it fill, to I make him goc on. as he. hath begun, and therefore if we have -not this bleffed remembrance yet in us, it is molt plaine we are yet in our innes. 2 I Secondly, thy heart can never retaine Gods commande- ments .without this fame memory as Solomon Eyes; My 'Sonne. forget net my .Law, -but let thy heart keepe my Covina*. dements, Prov.3.r . 3 Thirdly , The want of chis reinembring of God is the, caule of all fume ; Mofes (peaking of all the innes of if- rael, layes he, they have forgotten the God that farmed them, Deut.3 2.s R. So againe in another place ; t! ey have perverted their way, they have forgotten the Lerd, Jer.3.z e . lo againe, it is faid in the Booke of the Judges, the Children of Jfrael did evill in the fight of the 1, end and forgot hits,Judg, 3I. 4 Fourthly, the want of this memory, is the high way to deftru&ion, the Lord will deftroy them, that forget him ; that doe not remember to feare him , that doe Prot pref e it tipon their minds Rill to regard him ; the Lord will in the end, delfroy all filch people ; as he layes, Jfrael loath forgotten his Maker ;there fore J will kindle a fare, that fhall dovoxr them, Hof.L14. Beloved how doe we looke that God fhould remember us, if we will forget him. J will latterly forget you, Jer.23.39. 2, Secondly, another Ule is to chew you, how yee may get alive Memory. There be liven caufes of it. z. The firft, is a true knowledge of God. J told you Re- membrane is moft properly in the undetlaandîng ; now looke how a man underftands, God fo he does remember ; if a man know God onely literally, he remembers him no otherwife ; but if a min know God aright, then he'reinem- bers him aright. The undecftagding can keepe lie other fpecies then it hath ; if it have' a Paving knowledge of God, then
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