canst thou finde in thy heart to cast him by? and be taken up with the Joyes below? and forget thy Lord, who forgets not thee? Fye upon this unkinde ingratitude! Is not this the sin that Isaiah so solemnly doth call both heaven and earth to witness against? The Ox knoweth his owner, and the Ass his Masters Crib, but Israel doth not know, my People doth not consider: If the Ox or Ass do straggle in the day, they likely come to their home at night; but we will not so much as once a day, by our serious thoughts ascend to God. When he speaks of his own respects to us, hear what he saith, Isai. 15.16. When Zion saith, The Lord hath forsaken me, my Lord hath forgotten me: Can a woman forget her sucking childe, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee: Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands, thy walls are continually before me. But when he speaks of our thoughts to him, the case is otherwise, Jer. 2.32. Can a Maid forget her Ornaments, or a Bride her Attire? yet my People have forgotten me days without number. As if he should say, you would not forget the cloathes on your backs, you will not forget your braveries and vanities, you will not rise one morning, but you will remember to cover your nakedness; And are these of more worth then your God? or of more concernment then your eternal life? and yet you can forget these day after day. O brethren, give not God cause to expostulate with us, as Isai. 65.11. Ye are they that have forsaken the Lord, and that forget my holy Mountain; But rather admire his minding of thee, and let it draw thy minde again to him, and say as Job 7.17. What is man, that thou shouldest magnifie him? and that thou shouldest set thy heart upon him? and that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every mo∣ment? ver. 18. So let thy soul get up to God, and visit him every morning, and thy heart be towards him every moment.