 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...because I did bear the reproach of my youth." This is the language of God's compassion, ver. 20. — " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ?...still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him, saith the Lord." Yes, Sirs, God, for Christ's sake, keeps mercy in store for the chief of sinners who... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...affectionate words ; attend to them, O thou returning sinner, for thy comfort in this hour of distress ! Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ?...still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him, and / will surely have •mercy upon him, saith the Lord\. 5. I would advise you farther, that you... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1803 - 666 pages
...affectionate words ; attend to them, O thou returning sinner, for thy comfort in this hour of distress ! Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child? for...still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him, and / will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord^. 5. I would advise you farther, that you " immediately... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1804 - 618 pages
...complaints and acknowledgments with tokens of his returning favour. Is Ephraim my dear son? is heapleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly...mercy upon him, saith the Lord ; (Jer. xxxi. 20.) Thus does God welcome the humble penitent; thus does he open the arms of his love to embrace him, and... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...son ? [is he] not a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, by ihreatenings and judgments, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels...I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD ; Iretain my former fiarental kindness, and will certainly deliver and bless him. 2 1 Set thee up way... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1806 - 270 pages
...of love to his people, then his bowels are yearning towards them, Jer. xxxi. 18, 19,20. "IsEphraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child ? for since I...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." The mother's bowels cannot more yearn after the tender babe, than God's do after his distressed ones.... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 308 pages
...confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear Son ? Is he a pleasant child; my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him saith the Lord. Q. 13. What is hatred of sin which is requisite unto true repentance ? A.' Hatred of sin which is requisite... | |
 | Philip Doddridge, Andrew Kippis - Bible - 1807 - 664 pages
...acknowledgments with tokens of his returning favour. Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child f for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember...bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy vpon him, saith the Lord (Jer. xxxi. 20). Thus does God welcome the humble penitent ; thus does he... | |
 | Samuel Austin - Church - 1807 - 344 pages
...exist ? 1. " Yet now, hear, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen." Jeremiah xxxi. 20. " Is Ephraim, my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ?...spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still." Psalm Ixxxi. 8, 9, 10. " Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee. Q Israel, if thoui wilt hearken... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Religion - 1808 - 584 pages
...my thigh. I was " ashamed, yea even confounded, because I did " bear the reproach of my youth. — Is Ephraim my " dear son? Is he a pleasant child?...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... | |
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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 upon him, saith the Lord. 
