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1. When he hath respect to the Covenant, he hath respect to himself; the framer of it he owns himself to be, Psal. lxxxix. 3. "I have made a Covenant with my chosen." Why, then, the strength of the plea is, Have respect unto the Covenant, and so 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 cantrivance of the Covenant; "The manifold Wisdom of God;" yea, "The Wisdom of God in a mystery," that here appears. Have respect to thy Power, that shines in the efficacy of the Covenant: not only for overpowering 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 sinful disobedience of one, many were made sinners, 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 infinate satisfaction. Have respect to thy Mercy and Grace, that reigns through that righteousness to eternal life. Have respect to thy Truth and Faithfulness, that shines in accomplishing all the promises of the Covenant, upon the ground of Christ having fulfilled the condition. Have respect unto thy Eternity and Immutability, in the unchangeableness of the Covenant; shew that thou art God, and changest not. Thus have respect to thyself.
