OF T H ·E ' to,enter into Coventtr;t with God, :to be in Covenant with the King of Kings: we com– monly reckon it a grearadvamage to have al– lyance, to be in· confederation with· ll:rong PrJnces•. Yonfee what a Covenant there was– betw.ce.ne Ieho{lutphat and <.../.f:/jab, fee howIeho-· foaphAt· exprelfeth ·himfelfe; Trudy, faith ~e, t her:e;is a Lague hetweene m; ( What then -: ) therefore my Ho1"fes·are tlJy l:lorfe:s, andmypeo.. ple t~re thy people ; and fo it is betweene God . _ us, then his firength is our fl:rength, and his ,. \ and us, when there is a Coven4nt betwecne ·. By the Cov~ · i Armies·are our Armies, we have interell: in all; . !lant!fie~:nc there is . an offenfiv·e and defenfive Leagtfc; .amer d h r. k h. d h. · · d ·Godsattri· an w en we1ee eto 1mjan put tm mmm bute•. · ' of it, he:·cannol! deny us. , Thepeople of Rome hadother.parts .and Nations, .that were·allyes with them, and ifthey were to fight; at any time, the Romans were bound 1 inhonour jt:0 de– fend them, and to affift them, and they did it, '· _withas much diligence ~s' they defended their own Gitk _of .Rome. I(we do -implore GtJds ·ayde, do you thinke that Ood·will hreake his Covenant? Will he not fl:irre up himfelf to . fcatter ' his . and ·our enemies':' Ccrtainely,, he will . .'This great benefit you hav.e-; therefor~_ you have caufe to -magnifie your, felues io:this ~ Condition_, and to bleffe theL·IJrd; to magnifie ·himfor hisgreat goodndfe, that he would en– terinto C '<>venant with you, this:was the grea– tefi favour that ever he ihewed to c.Ab..ndutm, · and itis the veryfcopeofthis .place; Ah>~~ham, . _ .. · I am· "
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