...but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. , 197 MONDAY EVENING, SECOND WEEK. JER. xxxi. 3. I have loved thee with an everlasting love : therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. IT is unquestionably a duty incumbent on every minister of the gospel, who well knows " the terrors...

...word by the prophets ; " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love. — Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love ; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." Hos. xi. 4 ; Jer. xxxi. 3. It is further evident, that our Lord meant a rational and spiritual influence...

...draw us with the cords of his loving-kindness, as God says he does ; Jer. xxxi. 3. ' Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.' 2. The sufferings of Christ in soul and body are attractive of, and do draw the souls of believers...

...be drawn to renounce all for his sake. It was said by the Lord unto the prophet, "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." Ah ! who can resist loving-kindness ! Mere power, however absolute in requisition, will not draw us...

...thou wast in thy blood, LIVE." Ez. xvi. 6. Then comes the source of this mercy ; — " I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." Jer. xxxi. 3. But how can a polluted creature be pleasing to a pure and holy God ? Behold the effects...

...in them, which has drawn them into the fold: as it is said in the Prophet Jeremiah ; " I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." But his having thus manifested his choice by drawing some, is no exclusion of others ; on the contrary,...

...womb I sanctified thee, aud I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. — Jer. i. 5. I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore, with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. — Jer. xxxi. 3. Hosea xiv. 4. When God gave out the great promites of a. new heart, a new spirit,...

...born," (chapter xxxi. 9). Again; "The Lord hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love : therefore, with loving-kindness have I drawn thee," (verse 3). And, again ; " Is Ephraim my dear son ; is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against...

...time of love,' the Lord had compassion and bid it live, as He says in Jeremiah xxxi. 3. 'I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.' Also when her renown went forth for her beauty, it was said that she was perfect through the Lord's...

...Holy Ghost, " the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting upon them that fear Him:" — " I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee :" — " who hath saved us, and called us, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose...