and powers in the Heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God The Second Doctrine is That this good and gracious bargain that 's past betwixt the Father and the Son which is wholly mercie is brought to the Market and exposed to sale on exceeding easie and condescending termes and that to bankrupt sinners What Proclaims the Lord here even this I will give you the Sure mercies of David That which I and my Son have carved out for the glory of Grace and for a proof of the riches of my bounty I will make all over to you freely Hence Ephes 3.8 It 's called the unsearchable riches of Christ So that whatever Christ hath as Mediator It is holden forth here That out of his fulness we may receive Grace for Grace a Proportion of all the Grace that is in him In Prosecuting this point we shall shew 1. More Particularly what this bargain is that is put to the sale 2. Who the Merchant is 3. What are the termes on which and how it is made 4. What is the manner how the Gospel puts home this bargain and layes Christ and his fulness forth upon Stands in the Market-place as it were to speak thus with reverence of this Divine Mystery that there may be free access to whosoever will come and buy these rare and rich Wares and Commodities As for the First that ye may know what the Bargain is and what is in your offer in this day of the Gospel Take it in these few Particulars 1. All that ever any Believer in the world had is put to sale here if any Believer ever had fair Priviledges sure it was David if any ever had a mercifull bargain he had it and such is this Covenant Justification Adoption peace with God Grace and Glory all these Marrowie Materiall massie and essentiall blessings that David had it was not another Christ nor another Heaven nor Another Covenant of Grace that he had but the same that 's here 2. Consider it further and we will find it to be all that is made over to our Lord Jesus Christ If he had a good bargain the spirit without measure fulness of truth and Grace great Glory and Honour being advanced to the right hand of the Father the same is Believers their bargain proportionably a due and just proportion being kept betwixt the head and the members John 1.16 Of his fulness have we all received and Grace for Grace It 's not another but the same Grace that our Lord Jesus hath yea it 's not another Glory they are advanced to no other Table they are set down to no other Throne they are set on but the same Glory Table and Throne It 's to Behold his Glory to Sit at his Table To sit with him on his Throne John 17.22.24 Luke 22.30 Rev. 3.21 In a word there are not two Covenants of Redemption betwixt Jehovah and the Mediator one for himself and another for the elect but it 's one and the same Covenant for both though with many vastly different respective considerations and circumstances 3. Look to the Wares and Commodities to speak so that are exposed to sale in the Gospel they are not only the Promises made to Christ but Jesus Christ himself is brought forth to the Market He is the great Promise and far beyond all the other promises made in and the Graces given by the Covenant I have given Him saith the Lord Vers 4. For a witness and leader to the People He is the great gift of God that Gift of Gifts being the Fathers fellow Nothing in Heaven or Earth no Person man or Angel can by far very far infinitly far equall him to whom can you liken or compare him To us saith the Prophet Isaiah Chap. 9. A Child is born to us a Son is given and the Government shall be upon his shoulders and his Name shall be called wonderful Counseller the mighty God the Everlasting Father the Prince of Peace this is David most substantial Massie mercy He is called Wonderful because there is no Possibility for Creatures adequatly to conceive or with exact suitableness to express what his Name is or what is comprehended within his Name 4. Look on Christ as Mediator as God-man Immanuel God with us There is put to the Market to speak so with reverence God himself for thus the Covenant is expounded and Sum'd as frequently elsewhere in the Scripture so particularly 2 Cor. 6.16 I will be their God and Revel 21.17 He that overcometh shal inherit all things and I will be his God Now consider all these in a Conjunction viz. What all believers have what Christ hath and Christ himself what God hath and God himself O! what an incomprehensibly rich and rare great and Glorious bargain is this and yet all is by the Gospel brought forth laid before the hearers of it and made offer of to them on most easie and wonderfully condescending terms May we briefly and in a few words sum up what is in it 1. All things that may make up believers their Peace with God and remove the quarrel 2. All things pertaining to or needful for life and godliness as it is 2 Pet. 1.4 3. All things that belong to the comfort and consolation of Believers even strong Consolation as it is called Heb. 6.18 There is no want so great but there is a supplie for it here no case so sad but there is a comfort for it here there is not any thing that looks like a crack or uncertainty but there is sufficient security for it here in this Covenant in this most full and wonderfully well ordered Covenant in all things and very sure to all who are fled to Christ for refuge 4. There is in it what is needful and requisit to full satisfaction to the Solace delight joy and compleat happiness of the persons that cordially close with it So that a Soul can crave no more nor wish for more It is even all their desire as David saith of it 2 Sam. 23.5 It 's Mensura voti nay ultra mensuram voti it never entred into mans heart to conceive much less to desire it It makes the Soul say as it is Psal 73.24 Whom have I in Heaven but thee There is none on earth whom I desire besides thee It hath all things in it as it is Rev. 21.7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things For if God and Christ Grace and mercy be in it is there any thing a missing or can there possibly be any thing wanting in it May I not very confidently ask you Is it not a good bargain If the Father Son and Holy Spirit Grace Heaven and Glory be a good bargain this is then most certainly a good bargain a wonderfully good matchless and non-such bargain and is not this Gospel whereby all these great things are brought to the market good news Take heed then that ye receive not this Grace in vain that these wares worthy
Bridegroom is there any other like to him or that can compare with him I appeal even to you Atheists and Profane Wretches that live and ly in your Lusts Is there a beloved like this Beloved hath He a match in Heaven or Earth Is He not the Kings Son and if ye ask who that is ye may hear and know from Psal 24. The King of Glory the Lord of Hosts strong and mighty in Battel and from Heb 1.3 The brightness of the Fathers Glory the express Image of his Person upholding all things by the word of his Power There is none like him but the Father and the Holy Spirit and as God he is one with them ye have both the Question and answer Cant. 5.9 What is thy beloved more then another Beloved What is yonder Christ of whom we hear so much The answer is given which we cannot stay now to Paraphase upon He is white and ruddiâ— the chiefest or Standard bearer among ten thousands Fairer then the Sons of men and if ye would know him more Particularly His head is as the most fine gold He is God His locks or his hair are bushie and black as a Raven there is not the least unseemliness even in those things that would to our thinking seem less necessary as his hair Yea his very Garments smel of Myrrhe Aloes and Cassia as it is Psal 45. His eyes are as the eyes of Doves by the Rivers of waters washed with milk and fitly set O! so lovely as his Properties are his Cheeks as beds of Spices as sweet flowers His lips like Lilies dropping sweet smelling Myrrhe his hands as Gold rings set with Berill His belly or bowels of love and affection Like the bright Ivory overlaid with Saphires His legs like pillars of Marble set upon Sockets of fine Gold His Countenance like Lebanon excellent as the Cedars O! So excellent and stately His mouth is most sweet or as the word is sweetness in the abstract never soul kissed his mouth but there was a bond thereby laid on it that it could never again part with him in a word He is altogether lovely or as the word is all desires there is nothing that Souls can desire but it is in him and there is nothing in him but what has desireableness in it This is my beloved and this is my Friend says the Bride O! ye Daughters of Jerusalem this is He he is sure no common or ordinary Beloved see if among all the beloveds in Heaven or earth there be any like Him O! Ye despisers and slighters of the Son of God put your selves to it Is there any like him to be found has he not the preference of and the Preheminence above all beloveds He is the only begotten of the Father full of Grace and truth He is the mighty God the wonderfull Counseller the everlasting Father the Prince of Peace It would well become us all to be wondering at him and to be drawing near to him to behold Him in his beauty To go forth and Behold King Solomon with the Crown wherewith his Mother Crowned him in the day of his espousals O! take a stayed view of him in his Personall excellencies and in the excellent qualifications of this Mediatory Office and it cannot be that on this ground ye will cast at the Match Will any of you dare to say it or to abide by it that ye will not Marry Christ because ye think nothing of him or because he is not worthy to be thought of We suppose none will do so If it be the Second viz. The terms That ye are not content with ye would have Christ Grace and Glory and every good thing but here it sticketh you look at it as an hard matter to be denyed to your self and to be wholly Gods to renounce your own righteousness and your lusts your Idols to be absolutely devoted to him and wholly dependent on him in your walk As the evil the slothfull Servant called him a hard Master So do many think of him though they will not down right say so much in express words But I would ask you is there any unreasonable thing here Or shall all those termes be sought after in some respect in the Marriage of a poor creature like your selves And will ye deny them to Christ 1. If you get his righteousness should ye not deny your own If ye come under the Covenant of Grace with him is there any prejudice to lay by the Covenant of works If ye get him for your second Husband and infinitly best is it any prejudice to quit your first husband the Law And in that respect is it reasonable to cast at the bargain because it is free Secondly Is it not reasonable that ye should give him the room of all things If He be able to fill the room of all let him have his room as being well worthy of it It is your advantage to quit your lusts and sinfull pleasures your covetousness Pride vanity self conceit c. To exchange all for him and if ye be not content of this condition ye say he is not worth the having 3. Is it not reasonable that ye should be devoted to him in your Conversation That ye should no longer Play the harlot but be as a chast Virgin to him Is it any advantage to you to follow your Idols that wil go betwixt you and happiness If Heaven be an advantage it is your advantage to quit them and be for Christ Or is it any Prejudice to be Holy Or will ye quit Christ because ye must be Holy Or will ye refuse him because he will not suffer you to your ruine to take your own will as formerly yea it is not only reasonable but very good and Profitable Nay there is a necessity you should be Holy and may not love to him loose your heart from sin There was another sort of consolation and other bowels of love at the first making of the Bargain betwixt the Father and the Son and it was calculated for more honourable designes and levelled to more Noble ends then any thing the Devil or the World or the flesh can Promise to you and any of you that will stand and stick at the termes that are so just equitable and every way reasonable and easie with all we take your own consciences to be witnesses that they are so and you dare not avouch the denyall of their being so If ye be content to take him to be reconciled and made friends with God by his satisfaction and to be made Holy by his Sanctifieing Spirit to be for him as he shall be for you It is a bargain and what I pray ailes you at such a baâ—gain If this be not made ye shall never be able to make such another What should ye do then but come to the wedding It 's not time to dispute or debate but to close Say O! say sincerely as those do Jeremie 3.22 Behold we come unto thee for thou
evening though ye did not so much as designe or aime at this throughout the day And can ye with any shadow of reason think ye have attained it or can attain it who never seriously proposed this as a Rule to your selves to walk by nor never had a Conscience-disquieting challenge for such neglect and manifest short-coming 2. What Labour are ye at what pains take ye to prosecute such a designe and blessed project as this It 's one thing to pray to be about external duties of Religion and to be a Christian in the letter and another thing to be in these duties after a heavenly manner and to be a Christian indeed a Christian inwardly and in the spirit whose praise is not of men but of God Is it really your honest aime designe and endeavour whatever be the attainment to be as much Heavenly in your conversation as it is to be civil and formal or to attend the outward Ordinances I fear many of you cannot say it is 3. What weight lyes on your spirits for your short coming in this Ye will be like say we are all short which is a sad truth for indeed so we are but are ye really weighted and grieved for your short-coming in this Have there been any times taken to deal purposely with the Lord to remove the earthly mind and to help to Heavenly-mindedness Have there been challenges and any measure of serious heart-exercise because of the want of a heavenly mind and that not only sometimes at the hearing of a Sermon or in time of sickness or when under some other trouble but in your more constant and habituall walk Is it one of the great things for which ye blame and find fault with your selves before God And though your outside and visible Conversation be blameless yet while you look on the carnalness and earthliness of your mind and on the want of this Divine and heavenly frame of soul it makes you hang the head marres your boldness and as it were layes your feathers because do what ye can your heart will not abide in heaven If it be thus It 's a token for good and some ground of peace but O! How rare is this many of you be like have often overly prayed Forgive us our sins who never took with nor prayed for the Pardon of this sin but have lyen down at night and risen up in the morning having your hearts plunged and pudled in the world without once minding heaven in earnest and yet have never been challenged for it Q sad state The Third Use Serves to Reprove and Expostulat for this unworthy carriage for having either nothing at all or but very litle of a Conversation in Heaven We take it for granted that many of us are far from it and that all of us are litle in it but very few even of the best are dayly and constantly Conversing in Heaven Alace it's but now and then with many sad interruptions For quickning this reproof and expostulation a litle let me propose these few Queries to you and in the First place do ye not know that the neglect of this is a sin and the breach of a Command Be ye followers of me 2. Is not this an excellent duty and royall priviledge to be admitted to converse in Heaven And therefore the neglect of it must not only be a sin but a great sin even a trampling on the Grace of God a slighting of heaven and of a most noble priviledge and dignity 3. Think ye Heaven to be of great worth if so must not conversing in heaven be of much worth Will ye never so much as once go to see the house wherein ye say ye are to dwel Q How unsuitable a thing is it that those who are but dayes men here should sit down and settle on the earth without minding Heaven and be so confined within time as not seriously to mind eternity 4. How can ye come before God with confidence and boldness who do not endeavour thus to walk with him Can ye say with Holy boldness Our Father which art in Heaven Whose Conversation is not Heavenly Can ye pray for Holiness and say these words Thy will be done on Earth as it is done in Heaven who never studied to be heavenly in any duty that ye put hand to But 5. And above all I would ask you can ye hope to die comfortably nay can ye hope to die in safety as to your souls who know not heaven nor what is there nor what is the way to it It gives a man confidence and comfort at death that he hath conversed in heaven in his life-time such a man hath but litle to do when he comes to die he knows the way and is not afraid he knows the company and longs to be with them he knows the privileges and longs for the full enjoyment of them he hath litle here his Treasure is above in heaven and his heart Faith Love and hope are there his Anchor is cast within the vail and he would fain be ashore sure this is the Believers both duty and priviledge do not think that it is only called for from some More then ordinary Christians and who have nothing else to do the matter is not so it 's most certainly a duty to which ye are all called that have a mind to land fairly in heaven when ye come off the troublesome tossing and tempestuous Sea of this world Now Therefore in the Last room as the Fourth Use of the Doctrine I Exhort beseech and Obtest in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ all of you that lay any claim to the hope of heaven that ye would and more then ever study to have your Conversation in heaven Q Be followers of Paul and of his fellows in this thing Need we adduce any motives to press this Is not the duty clear And is it not a most excellent duty a most desireable qualification of a Christian walk Is not heaven Transcendently excellent And is it not excellent to be heavenly minded and conversant in heaven Wherein may we expect to prevail with you if not in bringing you to heaven what is the thing that should sweeten the study of holiness to you Is it not this even that by having your conversation in heaven ye come thither Those who are now in heaven think it a great motive and if it be not a motive to you ye will one day curse your selves that ye Neglected it studie it therefore in due time This is the way to be free of the encombrances of an evil World there is no hazard of this estate its being forfeited or sequestred there are no Plunderings nor quarterings here no poverty nor pain nor any sad evil occurrent here Q what a desirable life is it to be above all those things And indeed in so far as your Conversation is heavenly in so far ye are above them and live the life of Angels It 's like ye will Ask what
before the World was A Covenant made with David before it is or can be declared and Preached in the Gospel the terms whereof were resolved on and all the Articles of it agreed upon The Father proposing and the Son accepting the bargain from eternity as is clear Psal 40.6 7. Where when it is as it were consulâ—ed what shall be the Price of Redemption It is not Sacrifices nor burnt Offerings but a bodie hast thou Prepared me Behold come in the Volume of thy book it is written of me I delight to do thy will O my God Which is expresly applyed to Christ Heb. 10 7. This is easily cleared from the consideration of the parties contracting and of the ends for which this Covenant was undertaken and of the effects that follow upon it The Second Branch of the Doctrine is that this as to sinners is a most gracious and mercifull a most kind lowing and lovely transaction exceedingly for the behove and advantage of Sinners There are Four words in the Text Which hold out this 1. The Nature of this Covenant is Mercy all the Articles of it Savour strong of Mercy to sinners They are exempted though Christ came under sore strokes whether we consider this Covenant as exacting of Christ or promising to Christ it is alwayes for sinners behove 2. It is a Covenant of Mercies of many various mercies So 2 Sam. 23.5 It is said to be an everlasting Covenant ordered in all things and sure and 2 Pet. 1.4 It is said according as his divine Power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and Godliness Mercies of Justification Pardon of sin Sanctification in all its graduall advances of fellowship with God of grace and Glory even of every good thing or good things of all sorts 3. It 's very gracious and mercifull in respect of the excellent kind of these Mercies they are not common mercies but mercies of David bestowed upon his anointed Christ is furnished and filled with them That out of his fulness we may receive and grace for grace even grace in a good measure 4. They are stable mercies not fleeting and quickly gone not a glance of Mercy which evanisheth the Covenant is everlasting and the mercies are the sure mercies of David If we might Particularly go through all the parts of this Covenant Mercie will be found sweetly looking out in everie article clause and Circumstance of it Look first more generally to the whole of it it 's all loving kindnesses and mercies to sinners Look to Christs Sufferings and Death O! what mercy shines conspicuously there To his qualifications for the discharge of all his Offices to his anointing with the spirit without measure There is great mercie there to all the Promises made to him such as these He shal see his seed the Pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand by his knowledge shall he Justifie many He shall have a willing People Eternally to reign with him c. Are not these loud speaking Mercies The grace and wisdome that is on the Fathers side and the grace and love that is on the Sons side aâ—e all for the behove and good of sinners It 's all wonderfully behovefull is it not great Mercy to you believers that you were minded in this bargain The Lord Christ as God neither needed nor was capable of any accession of Grace he took the relation of our Redeemer and Mediator and as such in the humane nature was filled with Grace and Bowels of Mercy and Compassion that Grace and Mercy might look through that relation to us Secondly And more particularly look to the rise of it It bred in Gods own bosome to speak so John 3.16 God so loved the world that He gave his only Begotten Son that whosoever should believe on Him might not perish but have Eternal life and the Son laid down His life out of pure love there was no necessity on him to do so but what he voluntarily came under there was no Motive from us to it nor had he any adviser to it Thirdly Look to the manner of his undertaking It was very readily Chearfully and with ardent vehemently ardent love So that we may say of it as of that Chariot mentioned Cant. 3.10 It is made of and Paved with Love for the Daughters of Jerusalem The Elect being under the curse Christ out of meer love undertakes to satisfie Justice for them Sacrifices will not do it rivers of Oyle will not do it The first born of the body will not do it nor satisfie for the sin of the Soul What will do it then Grace suggests that the Son shall become man and do it and the Son saith Lo I come O! What love and mercy are here Fourthly Look to the Contrivance of it and there ye will find much Grace and Mercy that it is made with a Mediator and with a mediator that is a Surety that the stock is bestowed on him and put under his Custodie that the Promises are made to him and the Price exacted from himself 5ly Look to the Manner of executing it what love Grace and mercy shines forth in the Father in taking vengeance on his only begotten Son for us What love in the Son in yeelding to take it on and in his leaving his manifestative Glory for a time that he might undergo the curse and in his doing all this with delight Sixthly Look to the confirmations of this Covenant the Oath of God on the Fathers side the death of the Mediator on the Sons side and he hath freely bequeathed it as a confirmed Testament and legacy to us Believers and hath instituted Sacraments to be Seals thereof O! What mercy upon mercy Seventhly Consider the effects of it it runs in the sweet streams of Grace into the vast Gulfe and Ocean of Glory Wonderfull mercy Eightly Look to the Parties Confederating and Covenanting the Father Son and Spirit all are here And it 's Grace and mercy that they Covenant 2. Who are the Contrivers of it Are not even they in their deep wisdom and in their exuberant Superabundant and infinit Grace and mercy 3. What is the end of it Even ehe Praise of the Glory of his Grace Eph. 1.5 Grace bringing forth and manifestly shewing here it 's great master-peece 4. As infinit wisdom and love contrive so infinit Power executs it and when all these concurre in this bargain when the infinitly wise God all the Persons of the most Glorious Dreadful and Adorable Trinity as it were set themselves to set forth the Glory of free Grace to make Angels and Saints Behold and Admire in it infinit Wisdom and incomprehensible love what a rare piece must it needs be And this is the end of it as is clear Ephes 3 9. That all men might see what is the fellowship of this Mystery which from the beginning of the World hath been hid in God who Created all things by Jesus Christ to the intent that now unto the Principalities
it and we wot well it 's a plague in the Generation that we live in and hath much defaced Religion as to it 's beauty in the face of the Conversation of many Ah! how much are they in this conformed to the word And how Lamentably litle behave they like Pilgrims and Strangers in it as the Saints did of old As A Second Use of this point We have ground here to Commend to you the studie of a Soul-fixing fastening condition as ye would not make an unsure bargain with God endeavour to have this softness and melting of heart This thing is that which makes a man to sit alone and to keep silence before God Lam. 3.27 And so to be in a posture of meeting and covenanting with him such of you as know nothing of this and are not afraid of being hard cold and dead at such an occasion are in eminent hazard of losing a good bargain and wo to Security and hardness that hath that as the fruit of it and in the by we may say that there is a Wo abiding many of you who have no Serious thoughts of this frame and especially at such a time Therefore let me Exhort you to compose your selves as having to do with God and as having Gods love and favour and his hatred and wrath laid together in the ballance and as having life and death set before you and seriously to seek after such a soft and tender frame of Soul that fits for Covenanting for renewing the Covenant and for comfortable communicating But some may Object and say It is very sad if this be peremptory that persons who would rightly renew their Covenant and Communicat must be in a Soft and melting frame Answer It 's usefull and it 's needfull nay in some measure it 's Simply necessary What shall we then do that want it for Answer I wish many were asking the question from serious Minding prizing and longing after the thing for the want of Softness proceeds often from this that we do not seriously mind it otherwise the want of it would much affect and afflict us and would put us to ask after it and God would not fail to give them direction that were thus asking the way to Zion Yet for your help in this matter I would say these three Words 1. Once take a view of your case and labour to have a distinct look of it what lusts are up what challenges may be Tabled and keep a good count of them 2. Endeavour to have faith in Exercise on Gods Covenant and promises and be sure that the Promise is sicker that ye lay hold on and see that ye make Use of it according to the Covenant which is done when with your Souls ye take hold of it and that is not nor shall not be reckoned presumptiâ—n when ye bestir your selves from the Faith of Gods Covenant and Promises laying the weight of that which ye would be at on the Promise cleaving thereto for attaining of it and in time through Gods Blessing your unsuitableness shall piece meal wear away and ye shall become tender and any bit of softness and tenderness that ye win at cherish and watch over it 3. Make this a particular errand to God having your Eye on the Covenant of promises and on this Promise in it in Particular and on other promises of this Nature and to this purpose as concerning taking away the stonie heart and giving a heart of flesh of giving you a new heart of making you to loath your selves for all your abominations apprehending receiving and closing with Christ in the Covenant for attaining of it as a fruit of his purchase for it is not gotten but in the Covenant and therefore it 's remarkable that this Scripture is set down Promise-wise They shall come the Children of Israel and the Children of Judah together your Heavenly Father who knows that ye have need of this thing as it is Matth. 6.32 will give his holy Spirit to them that ask him as it is Luke 11.13 And ye would credit and trust him with the performing of that Promise to you and endeavouring to be Serious in having this for your task and work ye shal find it made good for you and to you Jeremiah 50. Vers 5. Come and let us Joyn our selves to the Lord in a perpetuall Covenant that shall noâ— be forgotten SERMON IV. IT is a most desirable designe and worthy to be driven vigourously by us all to the prosecution whereof it would very well become us to stir up and rouze our selves and one another according to the Laudable Practice of these here mentioned even to hasten towards a closure of the Covenant of Grace betwixt God and us to have it sounding loud in our ears and to have it as the Language of our hearts whetted to an edge in pursuit of the thing Come let us Joyn our selves to the Lord in a perpetual Covenant that shall never be forgotten It should be the great work and business of a Communion-Sabbath in a speciall manner as it is our professed designe this day to close and make sure this Covenant and blessed bond betwixt the Lord and us Having spoken somewhat formerly at several occasions to these sweet words I shall not now trouble â—ou either with the division or explication of them but shall instantly propose Six or Seven Observations from them and then speak a word to the scope and to the Application of them in the close and though it be but a short word from each of them that we have to speak yet they will be found to be very Concerning to us and therefore we would take the more exact notice of them The First Observation then is that There is such a thing as distinct Covenanting or mutuall engaging in Covenant betwixt God and a poor sinner This is clearly holden out in these words as their Scope It were to no Purpose for them to say Come and let us Join our selves to the Lord in a Covenant if there were not such a thing as a Covenant union of God and sinners The Scripture is full to this Purpose and the treatie of ordinances is kept up for this end as we have it Isaiah 55.1 2 3. Ho every one that thirsts come to the waters c. Incline your ear and come unto me Hear and your Souls shall live and I will make an everlasting Covevenant with you even the sure mercies of David This is the Scope that the Ordinances aim at In Prosecuting of this a little further we shall First Explicat what covenanting is in generall Secondly What this covenanting with God is 1. In respect of the parties 2. In respect of the terms thereof And 3. In respect of the ground on which it is founded And Thirdly To the form of this Covenanting First then Covenanting in generall may be cleared from what-Covenanting among men is Which is a mutuall engaging of two parties on Mutuall terms the one Party offering such