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 covenant this is; it is enough to ſay, that it is a covenant of grace, of all ſort of grace; for all ſorts of ſinners that are out of hell. Are you under dreadful guilt? here is a covenant of pardoning grace; ''I will blot out thy ſin as a cloud, and thy tranſgreſſion as a thick cloud. Return to me for I have redeemed thee,'' Iſ. xliv.22. O then plead he may have reſpect to the covenant. Are you under fearful pollutions? O here is a covenant of purifying grace, ſaying, There is a fountain opened to the houſe of David, and the inhabitants of Jeruſalem, for ſin and for uncleanneſs. O then plead he may have reſpect to the covenant. Are you in darkneſs and ignorance, having no knowledge of God? O here is a covenant of enlightning grace ſaying, They ſhall be all taught of God. O then plead it, ſaying, Lord, Have reſpect to the covenant. Are you under deadneſs, and like dead and dry bones? O here is a covenant of quickning grace, ſaying, ''I am come to give life, and to give it more aboundantly. The hour cometh when the dead ſhall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear ſhall live. O then plead, that he may have reſpect to the covenant''. Are you in confuſion, and know not what way to take? O here is a covenant of directing grace, ſaying, I will bring the blind by a way they know not; I will lead them in paths they have not known: I will make darkneſs light before them, and crooked things ſtraight. Are you under ſad plagues and foul diſeaſes, overrun with ſores, from the crown of the head to the ſole of the foot? O here is a covenant of healing grace, ſaying, ''The Sun of righteoufneſs ſhall ariſe with healing in his wings. I am the ''