...bear the reproach of my youth." In what language did the Lord notice this self-condemned penitent? " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ?...therefore my bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have .mercy upon him, saith the Lord." t The * Job, xxxiii. 27, 28. f Jeremiah, xxxi. 18, 19, 20. divine...

...tenderness of an earthly father — " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus — ' I smote upon my thigh ; I was ashamed, yea, even confounded,...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 my bowels...

...tenderness of an earthly father.— i ; I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus—' I amote upon my thigh; I was ashamed, yea, even confounded,...because I did bear the reproach of my youth !' Is Epliraim my dear son ? is he a plcascnt child ? For since I spake against him, I do earn, estly remember...

...is thus pathetically declared. J\Jy heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. Is Ephraim my dear son ?. Is he a pleasant child ? For since I spake against him, 1 do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him. I will surely have mercy...

...uponmuthigh : I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because 1 did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 ׀ 0 * Ӭ 0 1 spake against iiim, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are troubled for him;...

...that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashttmed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Jer. xxxi. 18. This is the temper in which affliction ought to leave us, or it is useless. In order...

...And that in Jeremiah, xx\i. 20. Says the Lord there, upon his smiting upon his thigh and returning: Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ?...still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I rvill surely have mercy upon him, suit// the Lord. O ! but I know you will say to me, God forbid !...

...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, yea, even 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...

...after I was turned I repented; and after I •> D was was instructed I smote upon my thigh, I teas ashamed, yea, even 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...

...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." In what language did the Lord notice this self-condemned penitent? " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he...