...heart in the thirty-first chapter of the prophet Jeremiah! where Epharim is described as bemoaning himself thus, " Thou hast chastised me and I was chastised,...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,...

...and tenderness of an earthly father — " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus — ' I smote upon my thigh ; I was ashamed, yea, even confounded,...bear the reproach of my youth !' Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasent child ? For since f spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore...

...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...

...consider. Pour out your fervent desires and supplications to God. I have surely heard Bphraim bemoaning himself thus : Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised...bullock, unaccustomed to the yoke. Turn thou me, and 1 shall be turned; for than art the lard my Ood. Surely, after that I was turned, I repented; and after...

...subject in describing the case of Ephraim: " Surely after I was turned I repented; and after I i D was instructed I smote upon my thigh, I was ashamed,...confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth." Repentance proceeds from a sense of pardon and forgiveness. It is that renders it possible, by affording...

...especially to the case of the deeply penitent Ephraim, who is represented as bemoaning himself thus : " After that I was turned, I repented ; and after that...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."...

...reflection on the same, verses 18 — 20. The Lord there says, Ihave surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised,...after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh : I teas ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. To which the Lord...

...thus ; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn than me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my...confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Joel ii- 12, 13. Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye eveu to me with all your heart, and with...

...more sensible of the heinousness and malignity of their nature : I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised,...turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after I was chastised I repented; and after I was instructed, I smote upon my ihigh: I was ashamed, yea,...