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Rh &c. Now, Lord, wilt thou not have reſpect to thine own oath? Haſt thou not 'ſworn by thy holineſs, thou wilt not lye unto David?'

4. Have reſpect to the covenant, by having a reſpect to the properties of the covenant. This would be a large field; I ſum it up in a few words. Have reſpect to the covenant; that is, Lord have reſpect to the fulneſs of the covenant, and let me be ſupplied, for there is enough there; it contains 'all my ſalvation and all my deſire.' Have reſpect to the freedom of the covenant, and let me, however unworthy, ſhare of the grace that runs freely thence, Have reſpect to the ſtability of the covenant, and let me be pitied though unſtable as water, and infirm, yet the covenant ſtands faſt: remember thy word that 'endures for ever.' Have reſpect to the order of the covenant, that 'is well ordered in all things,' as well as ſure. 'Though 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 GOD, with his  and  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