...properties of the covenant, which our text leads us to consider. 1. It is an " everlasting covenant." " And I will. make an everlasting covenant with them, that...their hearts, that they shall not depart from me." (Jer. xxxii. 40.) The covenant may be termed everlasting, in respect of its contrivance, continuance,...

...the antecedent, falling away, and the consequent, the tlying in their iniquity. Jer. xxxii. 39, 40. " And I will give them one heart, and one way, that...their hearts, that they shall not depart from me." And it is so spoken of once and again by this very prophet, chap. xi. 17 — 21. and chap, xxxvi. 24—29....

...them " again into this place, and I will eause them to " dwell safely. And they shall be my people, and " I will be their God. And I will give them one...good of them and of their children " after them." — " Yea, I will rejoice over them to •' do them good, and will plant them in this land " assuredly...

...of them, saith the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. I will make an everlasting covenant with them that...their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Jer. xxxi, 33, 34; xxxii. 40 ; Heb. viii. 6 — 12. So that illumina.tion, pardon, holiness, and union...

...come, and take up his abode in my soul. Tha' verse in Jeremiah, ch. xxxii. is much on my mind, " 1 will make an everlasting covenant with them, that...their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with iny...

...John xvii. 24. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me. John xvii. 11. I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that...their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Jer, xxxii. 40. nation1, and our election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort...

...possibility of falling into destruction at last. For his God has provided against this very expressly : " I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that...their hearts, that they shall not depart from me*." Agreeably to which St. Paul tells the believing Corinthians, " the Lord Jesus shall also confirm you...

...absolutely sure—that covenant of peace which shall never be removed, runs thus: ' They shall be my people, and I will be their God. And I will give them one...their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.'* Here the stability of the new covenant is asserted in the strongest terms. And concerning it we may...

...and assurances : " As " many as the Lord loves he rebukes and chastens." " They " shall be my people, and I will be their God; and I will " give them one...after " them : and I will make an everlasting covenant witli them, " that I will not turn away from them to do them good,, and ',' I will put my fear into...

...Jesus Christ our Lord," 1 Cor. i. 8. And no less satisfying and sweet is that in Jer. xxxii. 40 ; " And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that...their hearts, that they shall not depart from me." And of the same nature is that also in John x. 27, 28 ; " My sheep hear my voice, and I know them,...