An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

Secondly, The Saints usually mind God of his Covenant. God is ever mindful of his Covenant (Psal. 111.5.) yet he loves to be minded of it. His royal title is, The God that keepeth Covenant for ever; yet he loves to be desired not to break it. Thus Jeremiah begs for the Jews, the Covenant-people of God. Do not abhor us for thy name sake, Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory, remember, break not thy Covenant with us. Jer. 14.21. The Psalmist prays upon the same ground, Have respect to the Covenant, for the dark places of the earth, are full of the habitations of cruelty; As if he had said, Lord, Thou hast made a Covenant to preserve and protect thy people, but now they are oppressed; The dark places, that is, places full of ignorance and wickedness (which are spiritual darkness) are full of cruelty: Holy knowledge hath no such enemy as ignorance. Or the dark places are full, &c. may be thus understood, there is no such obscure corner or by-place in the land, but their malice searcheth it out for the vexation of thy people. We are so far from having liberty to serve thee publicly in the light, that we feel the cruelty of bloody minded men, though we do it secretly or in the dark. Now Lord it is time for thee to remember thy Covenant.

Secondly, The Saints usually minde God of his Covenant. God is ever mindefull of his Covenant (Psal. 111.5.) yet he loves to be minded of it. His royall title is, The God that keepeth Covenant for ever; yet he loves to be desired not to break it. Thus Jeremy begs for the Jews, the Covenant-people of God. Do not abhor us for thy name sake, Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory, remember, break not thy Covenant with us. Jer. 14.21. The Psalmist praies upon the same ground, Have respect to the Covenant, for the dark places of the earth, are full of the habitations of cruelty; As if he had said, Lord, Thou hast made a Covenant to preserve and protect thy people, but now they are oppressed; The dark places, that is, places full of ignorance and wickednesse (which are spirituall darknesse) are full of cruelty: Holy knowledge hath no such enemy as ignorance. Or the dark places are full, &c. may be thus understood, there is no such obscure corner or by-place in the land, but their malice searcheth it out for the vexation of thy people. We are so far from having liberty to serve thee publikely in the light, that we feel the cruelty of bloudy minded men, though we do it secretly or in the dark. Now Lord it is time for thee to remember thy Covenant.