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And therefore, when as we shall see that God shall put to his helping hand before our eyes, and shall give us so many testimonies of his judgements, it is no reason that we should overslip it: but should have our eyes open, and acknowledge these things as they are declared unto us: when as also we shall feel any of GOD his grace towards us, that we ought to imprint the same surely in our minds. Lo how we must follow David, in that which he sayeth, O Lord, I have remembered thy judgements.

And therefore, when as wee shall see that God shall put to his helping hande before our eyes, and shall giue vs so many testimonies of his iudgementes, it is no reason that wee should ouerslippe it: but should haue our eyes open, and acknowledge these thinges as they are declared vnto vs: when as also wee shall feele any of GOD his grace towardes vs, that wee ought to imprint the same surely in our myndes. Loe howe wee must followe Dauid, in that which hee sayeth, O Lord, I haue remembred thy iudgements.

Moreover, when it is said, that he hath called to mind the judgements of GOD from the beginning of the world, I pray you, what excuse shall we be able too make, if we overslip that, which he setteth before our eyes? For when as at this day GOD should hold him self as if he lay hidden, that we should have no token nor proof, that he should be the judge of the wicked and ungodly for to confound them, and the Saviour of those which trust in him, and call upon him, yet that which is contained in the holy Scripture, and that which we read too be done before we were borne, the same, I say, might suffice. But now since God declareth him self unto us, and showeth unto us his presence, and all this to be cast under foot through our unthankfulness, must not we needs be more then culpable or blameworthy? In sum, let us mark, that here the holy Ghost accuseth us of negligence: for if we were such as in deed we should be, we should apply our study to read the holy Scriptures, where God showeth us his judgements as it were in beautiful glasses, and all for our instruction and profit. See then, how we ought to link together that which is written, with that which we daily see before our eyes, and to be confirmed throughout all the histories, in such sort as that they might serve as it were to seal up the word of GOD, that it might be of