...the former, (having then been outcast for an hundred and twenty years,) God says ; chap. xxxi. 20 ; " Is Ephraim my •dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ? For since I 12 133 spake against him, (or expelled him from Canaan,) I do earnestly remember him still ; therefore...

...too heavy for me to befc," Ps. xxxviii. 4. 6. Thus Ephraim could say, " After that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because ! did hear the reproach of my youth :" Jer. xxxi. 19. And this is the proper satisfaction for sin which...

...let them no longer roam in Savage barbarism and death ! My bowels ycara for Ephraim, my first born. "For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still." " I have seen his ways and will heal him. I will restore peace to him, and to his mourners; peace in...

...art the Lord " my God. Surely, after that I was turned, I re. " pented ; and, after I was instructed, I smote upon " my thigh : I was ashamed, yea even...? " for since I spake against him, I do earnestly re" member him still : therefore my bowels are trou" bled for him. I will surely havemercy upon him,...

...yearn! — " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself. Is not Ephraim my dear son ? Is he not a pleasant child ? For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still, I will surely have mercy on him." Jer. xxxi. 20. 2. Doth he not know thy life would be altogether useless...

...ashes. — Wo is me, I am undone ! — Remember not against me the sins and offences of my youth ! — I was ashamed, yea even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth." — And this is the true explanation of the judgment which my father passes upon his own character...

...son." p) " He shall build a house for my name ; and he shall be my son and I will be his Father. "(8) " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ?...spake against him I do earnestly remember him still." (9) "I will say to the North, Give up; and to the South, Keep not back : bring my sons from far, and...

...thou art the Lord my God. 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 did bear the reproach of my youth." (God works the godly sorrow which is always coupled with a trust in Christ's merits.) Ps. 32 : 4, "For...

...becoming reconciled to his son-in-law, he made proper amends by taking as his text (Jeremiah xxxi : 20) : "Is Ephraim my dear son, is he a pleasant child? for...spake against him I do earnestly remember him still." They were ancestors of Hon. Ruel Williams of Augusta, Me. Children (Howard): (117) i. ANNA, b. Oct....

...thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented, and after that I was instructed, (Jer. 31: 18-19). Again the remnant of Israel say as it is written in the Lamentations, " Wherefore...