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be regarded: Lord, eſtabliſh thy covenant with me, and ſo
put honour upon thy name manifeſted in that covenant.
and do to me according to the promiſe of the covenant,
Cauſe me hope in thy word, and then remember thy word
on which thou hast cauſed me to hope and deal with me
not according to my sin and deſert, but according to thy
covenant and mercy in Chriſt Jeſus.
III. We are next to ſhew what it is in the covenant he
hath a reſpect to, or that we ſhould plead upon,
1. Have reſpect to the covenant;' that is, to the Me-
diator of the covenant. Tho' thou oweſ, no reſpect to me,
yet doſt thou not owe reſpect, and halt thou not a great re-
ſpact to the Mediator of the covenant, even to him whom
thou hast given to be a covenant of the people?' For his
sake let me be pitied; have reſpect to the relation he bears
to the covenant, even to him who is the Mediator, Teſta-
tor, Witneſs, Meſſenger, Surety, and all of the covenant.
Have reſpect to his offices, and let him get the glory of
his ſaving offices. It is a ſtrong plea to plead with God
upon the reſpect he bears to Chriſt; God cannot win over
ſuch a plea as that. He muſt own his regard and reſpect
to Chriſt, who hath paid ſuch a reſpect to him, and 'fi-
niſhed the work he gave him do.'
2. Have reſpect to the covenant, by having reſpect to
the blood of the covenant. The blood of Christ, that is re-
preſerted in the ſacrament of the ſupper, it is the blood
of the covenant,' called, 'the new Teſtament in his blood:
becauſe all the promiſes are ſealed therewith, and ſo ' yes
and amen in Chriſt:' this is the condition of the now co-
venant. The covenant of works had only the active obedi-
ence of the firſt Adam for its condition: but the condition
of the covenant of grace properly, is both the active and
paſſive obedience of the Second Adam, his doing and dy-
ing. Now, Lord, have reſpect to that blood that ſealed the
covenant ; Since the condition is fulfilled to thy infinite
ſatisfaction let the promiſed good be conferred upon me.
3. Have reſpect to the covenant, by having reſpect to
the oath of the covenant, Heb. vi. 17. The promiſe is
confirmed with the covenant of God;. That by two im-
mutable things wherein it is impoſſible for God to lye, we
might have ſtrong conſolation, &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 ?'
