...his voice that says, " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? Since I spake against him I do earnestly remember him still ; therefore my bowels...him. I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord."f Lastly, the fear of death may sometimes operate greatly to your discouragement. But how unreasonable...

...unto it. XXXI. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; 1 will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. XXXI. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented....

...of my youth. 20. Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for, since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels...I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. 21. Set thee up way-marks, make thee high-heaps : set thine heart toward the high- way, even the way...

...of my youth. 20. Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for, since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels...I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. 21. Set thee up way-marks, make thee high-heaps : set thine heart toward the high-way, even the way...

...any cause for it ? Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleatant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels...troubled for him : I will surely have mercy upon him, sailk the Lord. And, therefore, O Christian, thou, who now perhaps criest out in the bitterness of...

...he a pleasant child ? For since I spake against kirn, I do earnestly remember him still; then-fore my bowels are troubled for him : I will surely have mercy upon him. Jcr. xxxi. 29. A booh of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that...

...Jer. xxxi. 20. Is Ephraim my dear son ? is fie a pleasant child1? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him : 1 will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord: he undertakes this work of correction unwillingly...

...towards the penitent (20) : " Ephraim, my dear son ! a pleasant child ! for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still; therefore my bowels...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." In the next verses, the restoration of the people to the land is the theme : " Set thee up way-marks,...

...Ephraim is my dear son, he is a pleasant child, for since I spake against him, I do earnestly reinember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him,...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.' God can look sourly, chide bitterly, and strike heavily, even where, and when he loves dearly. 4 The...

...Jer. xxxi. 20, " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him : I will surely have mercy on him." Will he not, like the father of the prodigal son, when his son repented, Luke xv. 17 — 24...