...of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, 1 do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels...I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. 21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps : set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which...

...his grief and shame for his sin, God graciously answers, " is Ephraim jny dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ? For since I spake against him, I do earnestly...still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I wHl surely have mercy on him, saith the Lord." Jer. Ml. 20. When the relenting sinner is covered with...

...my youth." But what follows ? "Is Ephraim my dear son ': is he a pleasant child ? for since I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still ; therefore...surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord," Jer. xxxi. 18, 19, 2O, I know that there is a shame that is not the spirit of an honest heart ; but that rather...

...backslidings ! Yet so it is expressly declared, 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.' Yea, as if the owning of Ephraim for a son were not sufficient to encourage the trembling backslider...

...repentance. Now hear the language of God's compassion, ver. 20. " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ? For since I spake against him, I do earnestly...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." Yes, sirs, God, for Christ's sake, keeps mercy in store for the chief of sinners who return to him....

...him, and to his mourners." Speaking of their penitence, " Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly...troubled for him : I will surely have mercy upon him, saitb the Lord." There are seasons of darkness, discouragement, and fear : " Zion said, The Lord hath...

...language did the Lord notice this self-condemned penitent? " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly...will surely have .mercy upon him, saith the Lord." t The * Job, xxxiii. 27, 28. f Jeremiah, xxxi. 18, 19, 20. divine conduct, as displayed in this passage,...

...did bear the reproach of my youth !' Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasent child ? For since f spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." Consider also the well known parable of the prodigal . son, as it is commonly called ; one principal...

...reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child? for since 1 spake against iiim, ners, that dwell in the wilderness : for all these...and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in t 21 Set thee up way-marks, make thee high heaps : set thine heart toward the high way, even the way...

...kindled together. Is Ephraim my dear son ?. Is he a pleasant child ? For since I spake against him, 1 do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my bowels...will surely have mercy •upon him, saith the Lord. We may add, that Notwithstanding these provocations of his wrath, and all this abuse of his patience,...