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of salvation from sin as well, and as much, as the promise of salvation from hell, the promise of holiness, as well as of happiness, As they have a respect to all God's commandments, so they have a respect to all his promises: and particularly, as David had his golden Psalms, so they have their golden promises, that they are made to hing upon. Yea, they have an everlasting respect to the Covenant, and to the promises thereof; even when their frame fails them: when their sweet enjoyments fails them, yet their respect to the Covenant remains, and their respect to the Maker of the Covenant, to the Mediator of the Covenant, to the blood and oath of the Covenant. to the Spirit of the Covenant, and to the blessings and benefits of it. They have an everlasting respect to the grace of the Covenant of grace: they are adorers and admirers of free grace. They have an everlasting respect to, and remembrance of the words of the Covenant, particularly these words that have been let in with any life and power upon their souls, or that they have been caused to hope upon; whatever they forget, they can never forget such a word that brought life to their souls; "I will never forget thy words," says David, for by them thou hast quickened me." They have such an everlasting respect to the Covenant, that when they have nothing in the world to trust to, they will rely on the Covenant, and confine in such a promise, and plead upon it, saying, Lord, have respect to the Covenant.
2. Hence we may see the misery of those that are unbelievers, and remain strangers to
