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 covenant; you have the ſtrongeſt encouragement to wait on him, and expect his anſwering the bill in due time; for he will rather work marvelouſly, and create new worlds, rather turn all things to nothing than quit his concern in, or give up with his reſpect unto the covenant.

Are you concerned for the advancement of the kingdom of Chriſt in the earth as you ought to be? here is a covenant of grace to the Jews, and grace to the Gentiles; grace to the heathen nations, ſaying, I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermoſt parts of the earth for thy poſſeſſion. Are you concerned about generations to come, about the riſing generation, when there is little hope of the preſent? O! here is a covenant of grace to ſucceeding generations till the end of the world, ſaying, I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations; therefore ſhall the people praiſe thee for ever and ever.

Are you concerned about your latter end, and how it ſhall fare with you when in the ſwellings of Jordan; how you will fight the battle? O here is a covenant of death conquering grace, ſaying, Death shall be ſwallowed up in victory; O death I will be thy plague; O grave, I will be thy deſtruction. Are you concerned about a goſpel miniſtry, and thoughtful whether it ſhall be continued? There is many a word: in this covenant about it; but eſpecially that, Chriſt is exalted to maintain and ſupport a goſpel diſpenſation to the end of the world, Mat: xxviii. 20. Whatever ſpot of earth he chuſe or refuſe, he having aſcended on high, hath received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious alſo, that the Lord God might dwell among them Pſal.lxviii. 18.