Early piety, exemplified in the life and death of Mr. Nathanael Mather, who ...…

The Answer in short is this, To Remember God is to Acknowledge God. Or, Take Solomon's own Explanation of it, in our Context here: It is to fear God, and keep his Commandments. There is both Understanding and Affection implied in this Remembrance: To Remember God is to Remember all the Respect which we owe unto him, and to Render all that we Remember. The Phrase of Scripture is to be Interpreted by such comprehensive Rules as this. It is the Character of wicked Men, to forget God. 'Tis said in Psal. 9. 17. The wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all the ⟨p. 53⟩Nations that forget God. So then, to Remember God, this is the Character of Godly Men: To be sensible of God, that, that is to Remember him. There is a two-fold Remembering of a thing: There is a keeping of it in our minds, and there is a calling of it to our minds: This Remembrance we are to acknowledge God withal. In short, we may observe that Solomon much imitated his Father, both in the matter and the manner of his Preaching to the World; particularly, what Solomon here says to us, is but an Expression of the same that his Father said to him, in 1 Chron. 28. 9. My Son, know thou the God of thy Father, and serve him. In this manner we are to Remember God.

The Answer in short is this, To Remember God is to Acknowledge God. Or, Take Solomon's own Explanation of it, in our Context here: It is to fear God, and keep his Commandments. There is both Ʋnderstanding and Affection imply'd in this Remembrance: To Remember God is to Remember all the Respect which we owe unto him, and to Render all that we Remember. The Phrase of Scripture is to be Interpreted by such comprehensive Rules as this. It is the Character of wicked Men, to forget God. 'Tis said in Psal. 9. 17. The wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all the ⟨p. 53⟩Nations that forget God. So then, to Remember God, this is the Character of Godly Men: To be sensible of God, that, that is to Remember him. There is a two-fold Remembring of a thing: There is a keeping of it in our minds, and there is a calling of it to our minds: This Remembrance we are to acknowledge God withal. In short, we may observe that Solomon much imitated his Father, both in the matter and the manner of his Preaching to the World; particularly, what Solomon here says to us, is but an Expression of the same that his Father said to him, in