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Faith's Plea upon God's Covenant.
PSALM lxxiv. 20.
Have reſpect unto the Covenant.
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 preceeding 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, Pſalm ix. 14. '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 unworthy to be reſpected, yet 'Have reſpect unto the covenant of promiſe.' When God delivers his people, it is in rememberance of his covenant, Lev. xxvi. 42. 'Then will I remember my covenant with Abraham, Iſaac, 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.
