...(Psalm ii. 12,) know, that the love of Christ passeth knowledge, Eph. iii. 19. DEC. 2. — I have loved thee with an everlasting love ; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. — Jer. xxxi. 3. Thus the Lord speaks to his church, as a collected body. What foundation for comfort,...

...his earth ; and my delights were with the sons of men," Prov. viii. 23, 31. And again, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love : therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee," Jer. xxxi. 3. Because his Redeemer ever liveth, the Christian is assured of continued protection and...

...have I hated." See also, that declaration of the Most High, by the prophet Jeremiah. " I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." Remember, it is God in Christ who reconciles the world unto himself. God, in Christ, loved the elect...

...depraved and sinful man, was made the subject of elective lace in the Councils of Eternity. " I have loved thee with an everlasting love : therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." Jer. xxxi. 3. Yet, alas ! in the fulness of time, when the Saviour appeared upon the earth, to perform...

...have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hands of her enemies." Ib. xxxi. 3. " The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love ; therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee." Ciin these endearing expressions be understood...

...love in which they originate cannot be denied. God expressly asserts the same truth. ** I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." Jer. xxxi. 3. God's loving-kindnesses are the fruits of his eternal love, manifested to his people...

...attraction of his Spirit unto himself, and he has explained to thee the motive for his so doing — " Yea> I have loved thee with an everlasting love ; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." His love, discovered to thee in time, is the fruit of his love before time : for the one is the effect...

...sword found grace in the wilderness ; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee. Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be...

...And, Let every one that nameth the name of. Christ depart from iniquity, Jer. xxxi. 3. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying. Yea, I have loved thee with *a £ a everof Jesus Christ0; the abiding of the Spirit, and of the seed of God within them d ; and...

...the sword found grace in the wilderness, even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved...therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." All that are thus loved, are given to Christ Jesus : " All that the Father giveth me shall come to...