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 me, and ſo put honour upon thy name manifeſted in that covenant, and to me according to the promiſe of the covenant, cauſe me hope in thy word, and then remember thy word on which thou haſt cauſed me to hope; and deal with me not according to my ſin and deſert, but according to thy covenant and mercy in Chriſt Jeſus.

III. We are next to ſhew what it is in the covenant he hath a reſpect to, or that we ſhould plead upon.

1. Have reſpect to the covenant; that is, to the Mediator of the covenant. Though thou oweſt no reſpect to me, yet doſt thou not owe reſpect, and haſt thou not a great reſpect to the Mediator of the covenant, even to him whom thou haſt given to be a covenant of the people? For his ſake let me be pitied; have a reſpect to the relation he bears to the covenant, even to him who is the Mediator, Teſtator, Witneſs, Meſſenger, Surety, and all the covenant. Have reſpect to his offices, and let him get the glory of his ſaving officer. It is a ſtrong plea to plead with God upon the reſpect he bears to Chriſt; God cannot win over ſuch a plea as that. He muſt own his regard and reſpect to Chriſt, who paid ſuch reſpect to him, and finiſhed the work he gave him to do.

2 Have reſpect to the covenant, by having reſpect to the blood of the covenant. The blood of Chriſt, that is repreſented in the ſacrament of the ſupper, it is the blood of the covenant, called the New Teſtament of his blood, becauſe all the promiſes are ſealed therewith, and ſo yea and