my Covenant] Mine, that is Gods, not mans; for man neither brought that flood, nor can keep off such another, if he please to send it. By this Covenant as by an Oath God giveth assurance unto man, that the world shall no more be destroyed by an universall deluge as of late it was, Isaiah 54:9. your seed after you] This Covenant is not like that Chap. 6. 18. for that was but for a few: this is generall both for the present age and for posteritie; but this is but for a temporall blessing: the spirituall Covenant likewise, if the conditions be kept, is hereditary, made to beleevers and to their children, Acts 2:39.