...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....

...; 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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...to the case of the deeply penitent Ephraim, who is represented as bemoaning himself thus : " Af ler that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was...upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea even confounded," (and now mark the cause of this deep consternation,) " because I did bear the reproach of my Youth."...

...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...