Nsvv CovENANT•. andearth ihould be willing to enter into Covt na!it, that he fhould be willing to indent with us, as it were_, that he fhould be wi1lingro make hirnfclfe adebtor to us. If we confiderit, it is :an exceeding great mercy., when we thinkct thus with' our felvcs,. he is in heaven, and we are <?n earth; he the glorious God; we du!t and afhes; he the Creator, and we butcrea– tures ; and yet he is willing to enter into Go- . ve.nttnt, which implies a kinde ofequalitie be– tweene us; as when I~r~-atiJan and David ti)ade . a C~venant, though there was a.differeuce, the onewas a Kings fonrie ; yet notwirhfbnding, when the Covmant of friendt1lip was made, 'th9.re did rife akind of equalitie between them; [6 it is benveenc the Lwd agd us, when· he is .once willing to enter intoCovenant with us This fhould teach us to magnifie the mercy of God, and to be readie to fay, as Dll7Jid did, \Mhatam I, or1Wbat is my Fathershoufe, that I lliould be r.aifed hitherto, thatt I thould e·mer into CovtJta:nt with the g1:eat qoJ, that he 1hould come to a Compa8: and agt'eement with me, that he fhoold tye himfelfc, and bind himfelfe to become -a debtor to me? You know, it is called an abafing, hu-aba(et'h him. fe!ft, tt1 fee 4nd t_o view the things below, but howmuch greater abafing is ir, for .him to err:– ter into Coven-ant with man ? It is not a fma'll thing, as D~tvid faid to another cafe-; Seenus it to you af•~tllthing to he the Sonne or D-a'ugh– tcr to a [(ingl So, I fay, it is not a.f\l}all thing B b 3 ,1 to Gons mercy in ~lltring m. to CovePant withus. P;al. t 'i·
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