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 11 1. When he hath reſpect to the covenant, he hath reſpect to himſelf; the framer of it he owns himſelf to be, Pſal lxxxix, 3: I have made a covenant with my coſen. Why then, the ſtrength of the plea is, Have reſpect unto the covenant, and ſo have reſpect to thy ſelf, and thy own glorious name and attributes, and let them be glorified in ſhowing regard to the covenant. Have reſpect to thy wiſdom that ſhines in the contrivance of the covenant: the manifold wiſdom of God; yea, the wiſdom of God in a myſtery that here appears. Have reſpect to thy power that ſhines in the efficacy of the covenant, not only for over powering principalities and powers, but overcoming thyſelf, and the power of thine own wrath, by the power of thy love. Have reſpect to thy holineſs, that ſhines in the holy oath of Jehovah, by which it is confirmed, and the holy obedience of Jeſus, by which it is fulfilled: ſo that, as by the ſinful diſobedience of one, many were made ſinners, by the holy obedience of another glorious One, many are made righteous. Have reſpect to thy juſtice, that ſhines in the blood of the covenant, the ſacrifice by which juſtice hath condign and infinite ſatisfaction. Have reſpect to thy mercy and grace that reigns through that righteouſnes to eternal life. Have reſpect to thy truth and faithfulneſs, that ſhines in accompliſhing all the promiſes of the covenant, upon the ground of Chriſt having fulfilled the condition. Have reſpect unto thy eternity and immutability, in the unchangeableneſs of the covenant; ſhew that thou art God, and changeſt not. Thus have reſpect to thyſelf.