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Rh the covenant,' we ſeek, that he would ſhew the reſpect that he hath unto it, that he would ſhew and make it manifeſt unto us, that we may have the faith of it, and enjoy the fruits of it, and the bleſſed effects of that reſpect to it, in our participation of the bleſſings thereof.

V. The next thing was, to ſhew how he will have reſpect to his covenant; and conſequently, whence it is ſuch a ſuitable plea and argument for us. Why,

1. When he hath reſpect to the covenant, he hath reſpect to himſelf; the framer of it he owns himſelf to be, Pſalm lxxxix. 3. 'I have made a covenant with my choſen.' Why then the ſtrength of the plea is 'have reſpect unto the covenant,' and have reſpect to thyſelf, and thy own glorious name and attributes, and let them be glorified, in ſhewing regard to the covenant. Have reſpect to thy wiſdom that ſhines in the contrivance of the covenant, 'the manifold wiſdom of God; yea, the wiſdom of God in a myſtery,' that here appears. Have reſpect to the power that ſhines in the efficacy of the covenant, not only for over-powering principalities and powers, but overcoming thyſelf, and the power of thine own wrath, by the power of thy love. Have reſpect to thy holineſs, that ſhines in the holy oath of Jehovah, by which it is confirmed, and the holy obedience of Jeſus, by which it is fulfilled: ſo that, 'as by the ſinſul diſobedience of one, many were made ſinners, ſo by the Holy obedience of another glorious One, many are made righteous.' Have reſpect to thy juſtice, that ſhines in the blood of the covenant, the ſacrifice by which juſtice hath condign and infinite ſatisfaction. Have reſpect to thy mercy and grace, that