...Ephraim entertained of his youthful follies after he had been brought to a consideration of his ways ! " Surely after that I was turned I repented, and after that I was instiuctr ed I smole upon my thigh, as a mark of indignation against myself: although I had obtained...

...thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh...

...words; attend to them, O thou returning sinner, for thy comfort in this hour of distress ! I* Ephritim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against Mm, I do earnestly rememher him still ; therefore my hor.-els are trouhles for him, and I tvill surely...

...return, 0 Israeli i, ..... return unto me, saith the Lord; yet afterwards be saiih, Turn thou me, 0 Lord, and I shall be turned ¡for thou art the Lord my God. And therefore that holy writer and aneient father Ambrose dotb plainlv affirm, that the turn- AratoOT....

...breast ; even as Ephraim's smiting upon the thigh was a sign and token of his : " Surely, " says he, " after that I was turned I repented ; and after that...confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth," Jer. xxxi. 19. Man, when he vehemently dislikes a thing, is very apt to shew a dislike to that thing...

...draw the elect to it by the secret operation of his Spirit, Jeremiah would not have said; " Turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my...God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented." (z) XVII. If this be correct, it will be said there can be but little faith in the promises of the...

...himself, Thou hast chastised, me and I ' was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke, turn ' thou me, and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God' Surely after I was turned, I repented ; and after I was in' structed, I smote upon my thigh : I was ashamed, even...

...follow contrition, lamentation, and unfeigned sorrow for sin, according to that of the. •prophet, after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upoumy thigh, Jer. xxxi. 19. At the beginning of the Office of Baptism it is said, " None can enter...

...wilderness, pardoning iniquity, transgression and sin? Thou hast prepared a prayer for me — turn me and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God. Jer. xxxi. 18. Look to thy new Covenant in the same chapter ; it is all promise, I can do nothing in...

...cries, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God: Jer. xxxi. 18. . This, I say, is often the case, and should it be realized in yours, as it has been...