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 the Lord that healeth thee; I will heal your backſlidings. O then plead, ſaying, Lord, Have reſpect to the covenant. Are you in extreme danger of hell and damnation, becauſe of your ſin and guilt? O here is a covenant of delivering grace, ſaying, Deliver his ſoul from going down to the pit, for I have found a ranſom. O then plead it and ſay, Lord, Have reſpect to the covenant. Are you in bondage unto ſin, Satan, and the world, a captive unto luſts, and ſhut up in unbelief as in a priſon? O here is a covenant of liberting grace! proclaiming liberty to the captives, and the opening of the priſon to them that are bound. Are you a ſtupid ſoul that cannot move toward God, nor ſtir heaven-ward, by reaſon of a backward will, like a brazen gate that refills all the force of moving means? well, but O, here is a covenant of drawing grace, ſaying, When I am lifted up, I will draw all men after me. As the power and virtue of the loadſtone draws the iron, ſo the virtue of an exalted Chriſt draws the iron bar of the will. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. O then, plead it, ſaying, Lord, Have reſpect to the covenant.

What other concerns have you?- Are you concerned for your children, that they may be partakers of covenant bleſſings, and ſaved of the Lord? O here is a covenant of extenſive grace entailing bleſſings on us and our offspring, ſaying, I will be thy God, and the God of thy ſeed. O then look to God in behalf of your children ſaying, Lord, Have reſpect to the covenant. Are you concerned for the church, and the dangerous circumſtances ſhe is into by reaſon of cruel enemies? This ſeems to be the great concern of the Pſalmiſt here, as appears from