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 5 ſaying, I, even I, am he that blotteth out the tranſgreſſions for mine own ſake, and I will not remember thy ſins. It is a covenant of ſupply to the needy, ſaying, When the poor and needy ſeek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirſt, I, the Lord, will hear them, I the God of Iſrael, will not forſake them. It is of a covenant of gifts, wherein grace and glory are freely given; and, in the diſpenſation thereof God ſays come, and take all freely, himſelf, his Chrift, his Spirit, and all, Rev. xxii. 17, Iſa. lv. I.

II. We are to ſhew what it is for God to have reſpect to the covenant.

1. God hath reſpect to the covenant when he remembers it, and ſo remembers us, as in that forecited, Lev. xxvi. 42. I will remember my covenant, and then will I remember the land. Thus Pſ. cxi. 5. He hath given meat to them that fear him. Why, he will ever be mindful of his covenant, if he come to give us meat, to feed our ſouls at this occaſion, the ground will be, he will be mindful of his covenant, mindful of his promiſe.

2. God may be ſaid to have reſpect to his covenant, when he regards it. He hath no reaſon to have reſpect or regard to us, but he ſees reaſon to have regard to his covenant; he puts honour upon it, for reaſons that I ſhall afterwards ſhew, only I will ſay here, his honour is engaged therein, therefore he ſays, My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips, Pſal. lxxxix. 34. He hath more regard to