J\ L L·S V F F l C I E N C Y, 3 Yet thefe words co.ntaine fomewh;zt more which you may fee by that which follows,! will ·makemy Covenant6etwecnme &thee;&Iwilmul~ tiply thuexceedingly. The ground ofallourJin– certtie is theCovenant, that is between Gud& vs. Nowthefewordsdo the mofl: brieRy that I find' ofany in the Scriptures, expreffe the Covenant betweenGod& vson both fides,for they are but the fumme oftheCoteenant,which inotherplaces ofScripture is explicated, and fet forth moreat large;fo that the openingofthecovenant on both fides,is the ground ofall the_finceritie, ofall that obedience that we yeeld t0Gfld.: And therfore,l fay, you ihall not onely haue occafion from this Text to examine the graces ofGod.f fpirit in you, and the actions that flow from them, whether they"bejincereandperfecf, but likewife 'we will fhewyou thegroundofthisjinceritie, whence it ariferh, and how it is 1vronght in every mans heart. And thus thefe words containetheCove• nant,fayth theLordtoAbraham,I wiUGethy God; on the other fide, thou jhalt 6r: mine. No'whe fhewes whara kind ofGodhewillbetohim,Iwit ·-am.r;.1: . /;e All-fujficientto thee, which confifts in two .4li~Julfit~t1tett h . 'L 1' · . h·· . · 11 ofGOD, t mgs,'hyou cornpare t uswu ·aen.J. ) . r ..1 wiu. wherein it hethy Buckler topreforue theefrcm all 'evi!t: And confifi~ againe,Iwill6ethy exceedinggreat reward: ·that is,Iwil not only beashield, bur I will be a sunne to thee;I will both preferuethee from al!evill,& .I will fiJl thee wi th all good things, I will co~- pajfethee about withmerty and loving kindn~([e: l fo that thou fhalt finde,that 1will !Jeanexceedif!g B 2 great
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