...prove myself perverse r I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him : I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth : Enter not into judgement with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified," J...

...our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ? For since I spake agamst him, I do earnestly remember him still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely...

...words; attend to them, O thou returning sinner, for thy comfort in this hour of distress ! I* Ephritim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against Mm, I do earnestly rememher him still ; therefore my hor.-els are trouhles for him, and I tvill surely...

...our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ? For since I spate against him, I do earnestly remember him still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I...

...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 he was a stranger and a pilgrim on the earth, sufficient...

...pleasant child, even after all his backslidings ! Yet so it is expressly declared, Jer. xxxi. 20. ' Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant ' child...against him, I do earnestly remember * him still.' Yea, as if the owning of Ephraim for a son were not sufficient to encourage the trembling backslider...

...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, when he vehemently dislikes a thing, is very apt to shew a dislike to that thing...

...Lord my God. 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 the reproach of my youth." Such is the language of a broken-hearted penitent. And mark what follows : " Is Ephraim my dear son...

...: and after that I was instructed, I smote " upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even con" founded, because I did bear the reproach of my " youth. — Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a plea" sant child? for since I spake against him, I do " earnestly remember him still : therefore my...

...Lord my God. 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 the reproach of mjr youth." This is the language of Ephraim's repentance. Now hear the language of God's compassion,...