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THE Pfalmiſt, in pleading for the church and people of God, and that he would appear for them againſt their enemies, uſes ſeveral arguments: Particularly, in the cloſe of the preceding verſe, there is ſometing he pleads God may not forget, Forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever; and the rather he uſes this argument, becauſe he had ſaid, Pſ. ix. 18. The needy ſhall not be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not periſh for ever. There is, in this verſe, ſomething he pleads, that God may remember, and have regard unto; have reſpect unto the covenant. Thou haſt brought us into covenant with thee, might he ſay, and though we are unworthy to be reſpected, yet have reſpect onto the covenant of promiſe. When God delivers his people, it is in remembrance of his covenant, Lev. xxvi. 42. Then will I remember my covenant with Abraham, Iſaac, and Jacob; and I will remember the land. We cannot expect he will remember us, till he remember his covenant: Hence, therefore, we propoſe to illuſtrate the following truth.

Doct. That one of faith's ſtrong pleas with God, is, that he would have reſpect to the covenant.