Nehemiah 13:14

Neh 13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

Ver. 14. Remember me, O my God ] See Nehemiah 5:19 .

And wipe not out my good deeds ] Forget not my labour of love: God requireth us to be his remembrancers, who yet needeth it not, Hebrews 6:10 ; there is a book of remembrance written before him, Malachi 3:16 , and good Nehemiah would not be wiped out of that book, nor blotted out of the book of life, Revelation 3:5 . That wretched monk died blasphemously who said, Redde mihi aeternam vitam quam debes, Give me heaven which thou owest me.

That I have done ] Sure it is, saith Austin, that we do what good we do; but it is God alone who causeth us so to do. Say, therefore, Not unto us, Lord, not to us; but to thy name be the praise.