...shall presently tell you your doom. But let us farther pursue these melting strains of paternal pity. " For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still." Many and dreadful were the threaten! ngs denounced against the sinner, -while impenitent ; and, had...

...the child nearer and nearer to himself, agreeably to the language of the prophet Jeremiah, Is Epkraim my dear son ; is he a pleasant child? For since I...spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still. What love him, and yet reproach him? Yes; — My bowels are troubled for him; 1 will surely have mercy...

...language of more than parental tenderness. " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? (or since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still; therefore my bowels are troubled / ' ,or him : I will surely have mercy upon him; saith the Lord." * ** Ye that turn judgment into wormwood...

...backsliding»,) mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together," i! i xi. 8. " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child? for...troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord," Jer. xxxi. 20. "Return ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding*,"...

...them, and he does it not ; but rather, as in the case of penitent Ephraira, exclaims, "Is Ephraim ray dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ? For since I spake...him still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him : 1 will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD." And are these the words of him that cannot possibly...

...that he may have mercy upon you." Jeremiah xxxi. 4, 20, "Again, I will build thee, O virgin of Israel. Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ?...spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still, I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD." Fifthly, All these declarations are in perfect...

...with so much delight, heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, will graciously say of you as he did of him, " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ?...troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." Hark ! he speaks again, and in accents of love invites your confidence, and even commands...

...upon my thigh : I was asham" ed, yea even confounded, because I did bear the re" proach of my yoke. 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...

...of angels and archangels, to listen to the sighs and groans of an oppressed and bumble believer. " Is Ephraim my dear son, is he a pleasant child ? for...troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." Thirdly, a portion implies expectation. A man's portion, as we before observed, is...

...smote upon my thigh ; I was ashamed, yea even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth : is Ephraim my dear Son ? Is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy on...