-------~~~·~----------------- Chap.r.Secr. 3 147 unto <JJ.tvid my fervant , thy fe ed will I rft.1blijh for ever; and a- N,8 9· 3, gain, my mercy will I ktep for hjm for evermore, my Covenant /htdl j!~tndflljfwithhim.- N.S9 2.8~ Now this Covenant is faid to be everlafting fi partr ante (as we fay) and a parte poft. I, <!A partumte, as being from everlafting, in refpect or the promile made to Chrifi: for us, which. was done (as you have heard)before the foundation ofthe world; it is not an infant ofdayes ; this Covenant beares the fame date with the divin~ being it felf; As the_ mercy ofGod i1 from ever- PC.ropi iafting, fo the Covenant ofgrace is from everlafi:ing; tne Writs, · Evidences, and Charters ofour falvation were concluded, and paffed the figne and feale ofthe bleffed Trinity from etern~ty. the Gofpel and this Covenant is not ofyefi:erday, no, no, it is an old ' counfel of the infinite wifdome ofGod. - · 2. A parte pojf, as continuing from everlafiing to everlafting. Hence it is called a Covenant of [11ft, becaufe it corrupteth not , ~ Cbron. 13 f' it faileth not, hence all the bleffings of the Covenant are faid to ' ~ be everlafting; forgiveneffe of finpes is everlafting , being once forgiven they are never remembred any more ; peace and joy is everlafi:ing, your heart {hall rejoyce, <'lnd pur joy no man takfth Jer.; r J 3' fromyou, falvation iseyerlafiing, Ifraeljha/1 be fawd in the Lord Job.r6,u: with an evedaftingfaivation; decretal Covemnt-mercy was not lfa' ·4S!l7J>- ' a leafe , but a making the fee-fimple (as we call it) ofgrace and glory to the Saiats for ever :death may Pl!~ an end to other Cave- ' nants, as betwixt man and man, ·or betwil't man and wife : but this Covenant betwixt God and us ftands fafi for .ever;though A}raham be dead , yet God is AbrAhamJ God ftill ; and by vertue of this Covenant Abraham fhall be raifed up at the !aft day. · S. What are the priviledges ofthe Covenant? I anfwer, the priviledges of the Covenant are many; as tsey are great things, and great bleffingswhich our great God promifeth, fo they are very many and numerous; the Covenant is full ofblelllngs, it is a rich fi:ore-houfe, replenifhed wirh all manner ofbleffings; it is not dry, nor barren, but like the fat Olive or fruitful Vine; it is aWell offa!vation, a fountain ofgood things , a treafure full ofgoods, ofunfearchable riches, which can never be emptied • nor come to an end. Hence it is that our finite narrow·.capacities can never apprehend the infinite grace that this Covenant conU :z. taines , :;.. r
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