...attention to Epkr aim's prayer. God is here introduced as saying, " I have surely heard Ephraim bemoariing himself thus, " Thou • hast chastised me, and I...chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke." God sees the returning sinner, when he is a great way off, and hears his penitential complaints before...

...set against them. " No man knowelli love or hatred by all th»t is before him," Ecel. ix. 1, 2.surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unai customed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God. Surely,...

...though he had been listening unobserved to the lamentations of his servant, he says, " Surely I have heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; Turn thou me, and I shall be turned." Upon which nis whole soul...

...weak. x Jer. xxxi. 18. 1 have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised rre, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : turn tho'i me, and I shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. Ver. 19. Surely after that I was turned,...

...though he had been listening unobserved to the lamentations of his servant, he says, " Surely I have heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; Turn thou me, and I shall be turned." Upon which his whole soul...

...of " him to work in them both to will and to " do." " Thou hast chastised me, and I was chas" tised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke ; " Turn thou...shall be turned ; for thou art " the Lord my God. Surely after I was turned, I "repented, &c." And thus, calling on God to incline their hearts unto...

...he handled his shoulder, and put the labouring yoke upon him ; and he cried out at this, " I am like a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke ; turn thou me...I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God." The ox that treads out the corn should know his owner, and the ass that the Lord rides should know...

...heard a voice, saying, " Turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities." I answered, " Turn thou me, and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God," Jer. xxi. 18. As soon as I had put up this short petition I heard the voice of a man, saying, ' What...

...13. THE DIVINE MERcY TO MOURNING PENITENTS. ysn. xxxi. 18, 19, 20.— / have surely heard Efihraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a dullock unaccustomed to the yoke ; turn thou me, and I shall be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God....

...is that they jnay be the better prepared to inherit his fa*Trour, and rejoice in his goodness. "• Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since 1 spake against him I do earnestly remember him still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him :...