A treatise of mans imaginations Showing his natural evil thoughtsA treatise of mans imaginations Shewing his naturall euill thoughts

First. man by nature doth not think of,¹ or consider Gods presence and providence to behold and to remember all his ways in thought, word, and deed: hereof the Lord complains against Ephraim and Samaria,² saying; they have dealt falsely—and they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: And the same is the state of every natural man being left to himself; for all by nature are equally corrupt with original sin, and so are destitute of this good thought: which yet may appear the more plain by this, that naturally mans heart is possessed of the clean contrary, to wit, God shall not see, God will not regard, as hath ⟨p. 152⟩been showed before.³ And indeed it is a work of grace to have the heart rightly affected with this thought, God beholds all my ways, he considers and remembers every thing I do; flesh and blood can not attain unto it.

First. man by nature doth not thinke of,¹ or consider Gods presence and prouidence to behold and to remember all his waies in thought, word, and deed: hereof the Lord complaines against Ephraim and Samaria,² saying; they haue dealt falsely—and they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickednes: And the same is the state of euery naturall man beeing left to himselfe; for all by nature are equally corrupt with originall sinne, and so are destitute of this good thought: which yet may appeare the more plaine by this, that naturally mans heart is possessed of the cleane contrary, to wit, God shall not see, God will not regard, as hath ⟨p. 152⟩beene shewed before.³ And indeed it is a worke of grace to haue the heart rightly affected with this thought, God beholds all my waies, he considers and remembers euery thing I doe; flesh and blood can not attaine vnto it.