...is always in Scripture represented as peculiarly ready to receive and entertain repenting sinners. " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning " himself thus...chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : " turn me and I shall be turned ; for thou art the " LORD my God. Surely after that I was turned, I " repented...

...though Hieremie had said before, turn unto me, saith the Lord ; yet afterwards he saith,Turn tliou me, and I * shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God. And therefore, that ancient writer and holy father, Ambrose, doth plainly affirm, that the turning...

...right, and it profited me not, He will deliver his soul from going into the pit."* When He hears " Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised...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 di4 bear...

...penitent state of heart in the thirty-first chapter of the prophet Jeremiah! where Epharim is described as bemoaning himself thus, " Thou hast chastised me and...the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repehted! and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea even confounded,...

...profited me not ;' he will deliver his soul from going into the pit. "a When he hears " Ephraim hemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised,...unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall he turned, for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned I repented ; and after that...

...adversity, consider. Pour out your fervent desires and supplications to God. I have surely heard Bphraim bemoaning himself thus : Thou hast chastised me, and...bullock, unaccustomed to the yoke. Turn thou me, and 1 shall be turned; for than art the lard my Ood. Surely, after that I was turned, I repented; and after...

...that thy children shall come again to their own border. 18 1Î I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaniiîg opians before Аза, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa and the people that were wit thoume, and I shall be turned ; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I...

...a contrary effect — softens, humbles, and subdues. When Ephrahn of old, bemoaned himself, he said thus : — "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed 1o the yoke ; turn thou me, and I shall be turned ; for thou art JEHOVAH, my GOD " Jer. xxxi. •18....

...himself: thon hast chastized me, and I was chastized as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou to me, and I shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. Is Ephraim my dear son 1 is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember...

...together with his own most gracious reflection on the same, verses 18 — 20. The Lord there says, Ihave surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: thou...after that I •was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh : I teas ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did...