...shall drink, that they ' may be cured of the diseases caused by the ' bloody dew ; as it is said : " I will be as the dew ' unto Israel : he shall grow...the lily, and cast ' forth his roots as Lebanon." Hosea xiv. 5.'^ ' Fifth Sign. — God will turn the sun into dark' ness for thirty days, as it is said...

...for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever." Jerem. chap. iii. ver. 12. "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him." Hosea, chap, xiv. ver. 4. True charity mourns indeed, that professors, by their sinful actions, should...

...mercy. 1 will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely : far mine anger is turned away from them. I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shai! spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They...

...to the dew : ' / mil be (says the Lord, by Hosea) as the dew unto NO. xxnl. Reflections on Dew. 239 Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.' Heavenly doctrine, or the word of God, is likewise compared to dew : ' My doctrine (says Moses) shall...

...pleasure, he pleads with faith, the inestimable promise, " I will heal their backsliding, I will Jove them freely ; for mine anger is turned away from him." " I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me f." In this healing there is evidently...

...blessing ; how desirable must every drop of such a shower be ? And Hosea xiv. 5. ' I will be as the dew to Israel, he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon, ver. 6. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.'...

...mercies promised to the patriarchs of old. Has he not sai'J, "I will be as the dew unto Israel; lie shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon; his branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as t*e olive tree. They that dwell under hj» thailow...

...terms, of dispensing to them, and conferring upon them, his pardoning mercy and sanctifying grace : " I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely;...away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel," &c. In consequence whereof, he foretels, in the words of my text, that Ephraim, who, till then, had...

...say any more to.the work of our hands, ye are our gods: for' in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely:...grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon : his branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They...

...point out the characterof the Christian's triumph are usually of an unobtrusive and peaceful nature. " I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon : his branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree aud his smell as Lebanon." Such...