...hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus ; Thou...and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh...

...admirable instance of God's relenting bowels to sinners : " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself ; thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised as a bullock...turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh ; I was ashamed,...

...acknowledge it or not. The subject of this memoir was made to possess the iniquities of his youth. 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 tk reproach of my youth. He found always, while...

...saith the Lord, I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, " Thou hast chastised me and 1 wa» chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou, me, and I sliall be turned for ihou art the Lord my God, &c. «Tor. xxxi. 18, 19." " Ephraim shall say, What,...

...Ephraim entertained of his youthful follies after he had been brought to a consideration of his ways ! " Surely after that I was turned I repented, and after that I was instiuctr ed I smole upon my thigh, as a mark of indignation against myself: although I had obtained...

...return, 0 Israeli i, ..... return unto me, saith the Lord; yet afterwards be saiih, Turn thou me, 0 Lord, and I shall be turned ¡for thou art the Lord my God. And therefore that holy writer and aneient father Ambrose dotb plainlv affirm, that the turn- AratoOT....

...; and every idol strikes him through with horror. ' Surely I have heard 'Ephraim bemoaning himself, Thou hast chastised, me and I ' was chastised, as...turned, for thou art the Lord my God' Surely after I was turned, I repented ; and after I was in' structed, I smote upon my thigh : I was ashamed, even...

...thee, as he did concerning Ephraim, I have surely heard Ephraim bemoan himself: I have heard him say, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a...to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned ? Hast thou thus wept before the Lord ? take then thy comfort from the words of the text, for they...

...breast ; even as Ephraim's smiting upon the thigh was a sign and token of his : " Surely, " says he, " 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," Jer. xxxi. 19. Man,...

...follow contrition, lamentation, and unfeigned sorrow for sin, according to that of the. •prophet, after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upoumy thigh, Jer. xxxi. 19. At the beginning of the Office of Baptism it is said, " None can enter...