...we have provoked God, and make us more sensible of the heinousness and malignity of their nature : I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus,...turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after I was chastised I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote upon my ihigh: I was ashamed, yea,...

...will hear him. Let us pray and strive against sin, and bemoan ourselves with Ephraim, and say, ' Lord, thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a...I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God.' If we humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, we shall with Ephraim hear the sounding of God's...

...of grace, that we may obtain merey, and find grace to help in time of need. • Jer. xxxi. 18, 19. I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus...chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn than me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented...

...thou return, O Israel, return unto me, saith the Lord ; yet afterwards he saith, Turn thou me, 0 Lord, and I shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. And therefore that holy writer and ancient father Ambrose doth plainly affirm, that the turning of...

...you will find that God wi\l dwell with you. The agonies of a deathbed exert the Saviour's tenderes! pity; the hand that wipes away the cold sweat from...thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised 2 D as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord...

...peculiarly ready to receive and entertain repenting sinners. " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoan" ing himself thus. Thou hast chastised me, and " I was...Surely after " that I was turned I repented ; and after that I " was instructed I smote upon my thigh. I was " ashamed, yea even confounded, because I did...

...and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.- I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus...bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and 1 shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God.- Create in me a clean heart, O GOD ; and renew a...

...of scripture accords to it. How emphatical the language of God by his prophet concerning Ephraim ! " I " have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself " thus : Thou hast chastised me, and I was chas" tised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. " Turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for thou...

...hand. The hand of God was against Ephraim, and yet his love, his heart was dearly set upon Ephraim. / have surely heard Ephraim. bemoaning himself thus...Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I teas instructed, I smote upon my. thigh; I was ashamed, yea, .even confounded, because I did...

...plain testimony of divine agency, in producing genuine repentance, and a saving conversion to God. " Turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for thou art...Surely, after that I was turned, I repented, and after that I was instructed," or spiritually taught, " I smote upon my thigh ;" a token of contrition. Ezekiel...