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 to it than he hath to heaven and earth, for he ſays, heaven and earth ſhall paſs away, but my words ſhall not paſs away. He hath ſuch regard to it, that he will never break it, but ever keep it.

3. He hath reſpect to his covenant, when he eſtabliſhes it. And when we pray, that he would have reſpect to the covenant, we not only pray he would remember the covenant, and regard the covenant, but eſtabliſh the covenant betwixt him and us, as he ſaid to Abraham, Gen. xvii. 7. I will eſtabliſh it between me and thee, and thy ſeed after thee. He ſhews reſpect to the covenant, when he makes the covenant take hold of us, and makes us take hold of the covenant; for then he makes us put reſpect upon him, and upon his covenant.

4. He hath reſpect to the covenant, when he performs the covenant promiſe, according to Micah vii, 20. Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham which thou haſt ſworn to our fathers from the days of old; and he does this, when he acts according to the covenant, or according to the mercy that made the promiſe, and the truth that is engaged to make out the promiſe.

In ſhort, the ſum of this prayer, as it concerns the import of the word reſpect, have reſpect to the covenant, is, Lord remember the covenant, and ſo remember me; Lord, have regard to the covenant, and let me be remembred on this ground, when there is no reaſon why I ſhould be regarded; Lord, eſtabliſh the covenant with me,