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18 to reſtore them, and when you die, he will ſend his angels to bring them to heaven. He hath a reſpect to your bodies; you ought, being bought with a price to glorify him in your ſouls and bodies, which are his. When your bodies go to the duſt, he will take care of that duſt, and loſe nothing of you, but raiſe you up at the laſt day, and make your vile bodies like unto his glorious body; and ſo ſhall ye ever be with the Lord. He hath a reſpect to you, ſuch a reſpect, that he puts honour upon you, 'Since thou waſt precious in my ſight, thou haſt been honourable.' He hath made you kings and prieſts to your God, Jacob was crowned a prince in the field of battle, the field of prayer, when he wreſtled with the angel and prevailed as a prince. The poor wreſtling man is a prince, and the poor wreſtling woman a princeſs, in God's ſight: this is the honour of all the ſaints. They have power with God, and therefore no wonder that they have 'power over the nations, to rule them with a rod of iron:' they judge and torment them that dwell upon the earth, even here; and 'know you not, that hereafter the ſaints ſhall judge the world?' God hath a reſpect to you, and he will ſhew it in due time, becauſe he hath a reſpect to the covenant, and hath filled your heart with reſpect to it alſo.

4. Hence ſee the duty incumbent upon us in pleading with God for his favour, preſence, and bleſſing; let us go to him both in ſecret prayer, and in ſolemn approaches to his table, crying, Lord 'Have reſpect to thy covenant.' I know not a caſe you can be in, but the covenant exhibits a cure, and you are allowed to plead it, Ezek xxxiv. 27. After many precious new-covenant promiſes, it is ſaid, 'For this will I be enquired of by the houſe of