J 86 The Promifo of ' He !hall cover thee with' his feathers." The covert of the covenant is firetched out over their bodies. , over their health to preferve it, ·while 'tis necef- . fi1ry for God~s honour ai1d their own good,' Prov; iii. 7. ' Fear the Lord) and depart from evil. Ver. 8. It fuallloe health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones;' over their lives, as long as God has any fer .. vice for them in. this world : fo, in ficknefs they are carefully feen to, Pfc1l. xli. 3· ' Thou wilt make all his bed in his fi ckncfs ;' their 9ifeafes healed,. and they recovered, Pfalm ciii. -3, 4· And they are delivered from enemies that feek their life, Pfalm xli. 2• Yea, when death rides in tri'umph, having made havock on all fides of them, a.s by fword or pefiilence, /they're, found fafe under the cov~rt of the covenant, Pfalm xci. 6, 7. This covert is Hretch'd over their names, cred it and reputation, Jobv. 21. "Thou £halt be hid from the kourge of the tongue:' Either the tongues of virulent men fhall not reach them; or they ihall not . be ahle to make the dirt to fiick on them, or e1fe if the¥ ihall be permitted to make,it fiick for a while, the covert of the covenant!hall wipe all off atlength, and their righteoufnefs fhall be brought forth as the lighr, and their Judgment as the noon-day, Pfalm xxxvii. Q,. It is firetch'd over their houfes and dwelling-places, Pfalm xci. 10. ' Neither £hall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.' It goes round about their fubfiance, making a ' hedge about all that they have,' Job i. IO· Yea, and 1 there i~ a lap of it; to cafi over their wid.aws, - and children, when they are dead and gone; Jer. xlix~ -11. ' Leave thy f~Ithtrlefs children, I will preferve them alive, and let thy widows ,tru!l: in me.' Thus far of the promi!e qf eternal life, confidered in th~ fecond Period, to wit, 'Frqm union with Chriil,. 'until death.' PERIOD
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