...bowels yearn ! " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself. Is not Ephraim my dear son ? Is he not a pleasant child ? For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still, I will surely have mercy on him," Jer. xxxi. 20. 2. Does he not know that thy life would be altogether...

...going down to the pit, and his life shall see the light." " I have heard Ephraim bemoaning himself; my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him." He beholds the eager and oft-repeated effort to lay hold, by faith, on the great atoning sacrifice...

...not return to destroy Ephraim; for I am God, and not man," Hos. xi. 8, 9. " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do ear* nestly remember him still : therefore my bowels arc troubled for him; I will surely have mercy...

...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...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the " Lord."* Here is the true penitent mourning for sin, covered with shame, and crying for mercy ; and the encouraging...

...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...bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy on him, saith the Lord." Let those who are tempted to sin consider, that even though they may obtain...

...passage — but her labouring breath would not permit her to finish it. I therefore concluded it, — " since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." " Beautiful ! beautiful !" she exclaimed. I then mentioned many other passages of scripture, in which...

...son ? Is he a pleasant child ? For since I 12 133 spake against him, (or expelled him from Canaan,) I do earnestly remember him still ; therefore my bowels...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." The next verse invites and predicts his final restoration. These yearnings of the divine compassion...

...and the workings of Divine compassion are finely pourtrayed by the prophet: h Ephraim my dear Son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against...remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled fur him ; I will surely have merci/ upan him, suith the Lord. In this caso we behold not only the sufficiency,...

...Turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for thou " art the Lord my God. — Is Ephraim my dear son ? " Is he a pleasant child ? For since I spake against " him, I do earnestly remember him still. There" fore my bowels are troubled for him. I will " surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord."2...

...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 do earnestly remember himstill; therefore my bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy on him, saith the Lord."...