...Spirit. They became eminently devoted to God. " I remember thee," says he, in later ages of the church, " the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilder. ness. Israel was holiness to the Lord and the first fruits of his increase." With them God...

...the Lord looked back with such complacency, many ages afterwards, and of them that he then said — " I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals," or stedfast love, " when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Israel...

...thee, and he will reward thee with honour, glory, and eternal life. Amen. " ' Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.' Jer. ii. 2. Dear Friend, consider this. Yet again : ' The way of the...

...of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel tros holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase...

...heaven. This might also be instanced in the case of the Jewish Church, as in Jeremiah's description ; " I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...espousals, when thou wentest after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the first-fruits of His increase...

...afterward they lost? And the Scriptures, they have supposed, favoured the idea. " Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown." But was that love of espousals, thus accredited to Israel, all holy love...

...afterward they lost! And the Scriptures, they have supposed, favored the idea. " Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown." But was that love of espousals, thus accredited to Israel, all holy love...

...with the irresistible cords of victorious love. Of this the Lord puts Israel in mind, when he says, " I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown," Jer. ii. 2. 2<%, The heart of the bride being thus won or caught with...

...flesh." He puts his Spirit within them, when the soul is first espoused unto Christ. So Jer. ii. 2 : " I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown." (2.) When the soul has been deeply humbled under a sense of sin and unworthiness....

...afterward they lost? And the Scriptures, they have supposed, favored the idea. " Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown." But was that love of espousals, thus accredited to Israel, all holy love...