SERMON.
Psalm lxxiv. 20
Have respect unto the Covenant, &c.
THE Psalmist, in pleading for the Church and people of God, and that he would appear for them against their enemies, uses several arguments; particularly, in the close of the preceding verse, there is something he pleads God may not forget; Forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. And the rather he uses this argument, because he had said, Psal. ix. 18. "The needy shall not be forgotten; the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever." There is in this verse something he pleads that God may remember and have regard unto. Have respect unto the Covenant.—Thou hast brought us into Covenant with thee, might he say, and though we are nnworthy to be respected, yet have respect unto the Covenant of Promise. When God delivers his people, it is in remembrance of his Covenant.—Lev. xxvi. 42. "Then will I remember my Covenant with Abraham, Issac, and Jacob; and I will remember the land." We cannot expect he will remember us, till he remember his Covenant. Hence, therefore, we propose to illustrate the following truth.
