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 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 a Covenant of gifts, where in grace and glory are freely given; and, in the dispensation thereof, God says, Come, and to take all freely, himself. his Christ, his Spirit, and all, Isa. lv. 1. Rev. xxii. 17.

II. We are to show what it is for God to have respect to the Covenant.

1. God that 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, Psal. cxi. 5. "He hath given meat to them that fear him." Why, he will ever be mindful cf 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 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, that 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. ixxxix. 34. He hath more regard