"And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not
turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their
hearts, that they shall not depart from me." - Jer. xxxii. 40.
Precious consideration to a poor exercised soul, that a covenant God in
Christ, hath not only engaged for himself, but undertaken for his
people also. God will not, and his people shall not. My soul, take a
short view of the foundation of this precious, precious promise. It is
God's everlasting love, everlasting grace, everlasting covenant. And
remember, the Author of it is not changeable as thou art: "with Him is
no variableness, neither shadow of turning." Moreover, it is purchased
by the blood, sealed in the blood, and made eternally firm and sure in
the blood and righteousness of Christ; the everlasting efficacy of
which is as eternal as the Author of it. Neither is this all. There is
an union with the person of thy Jesus. The head without a body would be
incomplete; and, united to his Person, the believer is interested in
all his graces, fullness, suitableness, all-sufficiency: so that this
preserves grace from perishing, because it is an everlasting spring.
And Jesus lives to see it all complete. His intercession answers every
want, and supplies every necessity. Neither is this all; for God the
Holy Ghost sets to his seal, in the heart, that God is true. His
quickening, convincing, converting, manifesting grace in the soul, in
taking of the things of Jesus, and shewing to the heart, becomes an
earnest and pledge in assurance; and all tending to confirm, that God
will not, and his redeemed ones, shall not turn away, but his covenant
remain everlasting.
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