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 9 my houſe be not ſo with God, ſays David, yet he hath made with me an everlaſting covenant, well ordered in all things and ſure. Though my houſe be out of order, and heart out of order, and my frame out of order, and all be in confuſion with me, yet ſee, according to thy covenant, to order all well.

IV. We proceed to ſhew what kind of a reſpect he hath to the covenant, that we may be the more engaged to plead upon it.

1. He hath a great and high reſpect to the covenant. It is the covenant of the great God, with his great and eternal Son, for the honour and glory of his great name; and therefore, he cannot but have a great and high reſpect unto it. His great name is manifeſted in it; and therefore, when we plead his reſpect to the covenant, we plead in effect, ſaying, What wilt thou do for thy great name?

2. He hath a dear and lovely reſpect to the covenant; for, it is the covenant of his grace and love, wherein he ſhows his infinite love to Chriſt, and through him to a company of wretched ſinners. It is a covenant of kindneſs, Iſa. liv. 10. My kindneſs ſhall not depart from thee, neither ſhall the covenant of my peace be removed, ſaith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee; intimating, his covenant of peace is a covenant of kindneſs, wherein he manifeſts his deareſt love; therefore he hath a dear reſpect to it.

3. He hath a full reſpect to the covenant, a reſpect