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10 reſpect to every promiſe of it; they are all yea and amen to the glory of God, 2 Cor. i. 20. He hath a reſpect to all of them, becauſe they are all yea and amen, and becauſe they are all thus ratified in Chriſt, to the glory of God.He hath reſpect to every article of the covenant, not a jot ſhall fall to the ground.

4. He hath an everlaſting reſpect to the covenant ; therefore it is called, an everlaſting covenant ; it is ſecured by an everlaſting righteouſneſs; it is made between everlaſting parties; it is repleniſhed with everlaſting bleſſings; it is rooted in his everlaſting love ; therefore he is ever mindful of his covenant, and will never ceaſe to have reſpect to it.

Well then, ſay you, what need we pray and plead, that he would have reſpect to his covenant? Why, if it be ſure that he hath, and will for ever have a reſpect to the covenant, then we may pray with the more aſſurance and confidence; ſo that there is here ſtrong footing for our prayer: But beſides, when we pray, and ſay, Have reſpect unto the covenant, we ſeek, that he would ſhew the reſpect that he hath unto it, that he would ſhew and make it manifeſt unto us, that we may have the faith of it, and enjoy the fruits of it, and the bleſſed effects of that reſpect to it, in our participation of the bleſſings thereof.

V. The next thing was, to ſhew why he will have reſpect to his covenant; and conſequently, whence it is ſuch a ſuitable plea and argument for us. Why,