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24 to come, about the riſing generation, when there is little hope of the preſent? O! here is a covenant of grace to ſucceeding generations till the end of the world, 'I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations; therefore ſhall the people praiſe thee for ever and ever.'

Are you concerned about your latter end, and how it ſhall fare with you when in the ſwellings of Jordan; how you will fight the battle? O here is a covenant of death-conquering grace, ſaying, 'Death ſhall be ſwallowed up in victory: O death I will be thy plague. O grave, I will be thy deſtruction. Are you concerned about a goſpel-miniſtry, and thoughtful whether it ſhall be continued? There is many a word in this covenant about it; but eſpecially, that Chriſt is exalted to maintain and ſupport a goſpel diſpenſation to the end of the world, Mat. xxviii. 20. Whatſoever ſpot of the earth he doth chuſe or refuſe, he having aſcended on high, hath received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious, alſo that the Lord God might dwell among them,' Pſalm lxviii. 18.