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Questions on the eighth Chapter.
Q. HOw did God remember Noah and the creatures?
A. Remembrance is the knowledge of things past, but to God all things are present, therefore properly hee doth neyther remember nor forget, but these words are vsed for our better vnderstanding, then because God did suffer Noah to remaine so long in the Arke as in a dungeon amongst stinking beasts, and tossed with the flood, he might be said to be forgetfull of him: and now because hee helpes and deliuers him from his troubles and miseries, he is saide to remember him, here wee see the Lord will not forsake his Saints altogether, he may leaue them for a while, but in his owne good time, he will come againe to them for their euerlasting comfort.
Q. Why did God remember also the beasts?
A. Not for their owne sakes, but because they were ordayned for the vse of man: yet