...admiration, that it is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed. Then, like Ephraim, we say, " Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock...confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth." Then we discover the root ofall this bitterness ; and in the midst of our pains cry out, with sorrow...

...LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised,...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...

...admirable instance of God's relenting bowels to sinners : " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself ; thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock...turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh ; I was ashamed,...

...acknowledge it or not. The subject of this memoir was made to possess the iniquities of his youth. Surely after that I 'was turned I repented; and after...ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear tk reproach of my youth. He found always, while he was a stranger and a pilgrim on the earth, sufficient...

...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...

...; and every idol strikes him through with horror. ' Surely I have heard 'Ephraim bemoaning himself, Thou hast chastised, me and I ' was chastised, as...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...

...thee, as he did concerning Ephraim, I have surely heard Ephraim bemoan himself: I have heard him say, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a...to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned ? Hast thou thus wept before the Lord ? take then thy comfort from the words of the text, for they...

...kindness." Nehem. ix. 17. Hear his own words ; Jer. xxxi. 18. "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus : Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised,...even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of mjr youth." This is the language of Ephraim's repentance. Now hear the language of God's compassion,...

...there any thing too hard for me?'}'" "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou has chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed...confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth." Such is the language of a broken-hearted penitent. And mark what follows : " Is Ephraim my dear son...

...thus : Thou hast chastised me, and I was " chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : " turn me and I shall be turned ; for thou art the " LORD...I smote " upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even con" founded, because I did bear the reproach of my " youth. — Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a plea"...