Prototypes, or, The primary precedent presidents out of the book of Genesis showing, the…Prototypes, or, The primarie precedent presidents out of the booke of Genesis shewing, the…

It is a fault from which the bed men alive are not exempted, even so to forget Gods Word, as to be ready out of forgetfulness to transgress it. This forgetfulness ariseth many times from heedlessness, and many times from continuance and length of time, and sometimes from very strength of passion and distemper, which doth cast out the remembrance of good things from the mind. David and all the Priests had forgotten that which at least some of them had read concerning the not carting of Gods Ark, but carrying it upon the Priests shoulders; Jacob after had little less then forgot the vow he made unto God in his affliction. I pray you take heed of such forgetfulness, meditate often that you may remember seasonably, pray God to write his Laws in your hearts, and to make his holy Spirit to become your remembrancer, that your knowledge be not made unprofitable through forgetfulness, for that which is not fitly called to mind is in a manner as if it were not. And if you meet with such a weakness as this in your selves, look that you be duly abased in the sight of it, but be not out of heart as if you were destitute of all grace, because you are imperfect in it, but take comfort to seek and hope for pardon upon your humble confession, when the Lord pleaseth to put you in remembrance again. If Peter had remembered Christs words before, he might perhaps have escaped his great sin of ⟨p. 259⟩denying his Master, but he remembered it after to make him weep bitterly. It were a comfortable thing to call to mind those things that should preserve us from sin so timely, that we might be so preserved by them. But if we have done otherwise, it behooveth us to put our selves in mind of them after to work godly sorrow, and then turning to God we must not suffer our selves to doubt, but that he will vouchsafe to accept us.

It is a fault from which the bed men alive are not exempted, even so to forget Gods Word, as to be ready out of forgetfullnesse to transgresse it. This forgetfullnesse ariseth many times from heedelesnesse, and many times from continuance and length of time, and sometimes from very strength of passion and distemper, which doth cast out the remembrance of good things from the minde. David and all the Priests had forgotten that which at least some of them had read concerning the not carting of Gods Arke, but carrying it upon the Priests shoulders; Iacob after had little lesse then forgate the vow hee made unto God in his affliction. I pray you take heed of such forgetfullnesse, meditate often that you may remember seasonably, pray God to write his Lawes in your hearts, and to make his holy Spirit to become your remembrancer, that your knowledge be not made unprofitable through forgetfullnesse, for that which is not fitly called to minde is in a manner as if it were not. And if you meete with such a weakenesse as this in your selves, looke that you be duely abased in the sight of it, but be not out of heart as if you were destitute of all grace, because you are imperfect in it, but take comfort to seeke and hope for pardon upon your humble confession, when the Lord pleaseth to put you in remembrance againe. If Peter had remembred Christs words before, hee might perhaps have escaped his great sinne of