 | Pocket prayer book - 1825 - 578 pages
...interrupts his complaints and confessions, his sorrows and his fears — before he speaks he answers. " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him I do cwnestly remember him still ; therefore my 9 bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy... | |
 | Rev. Tomas Scott (Rector of Ashton Sandford, Bucks.), Thomas Chalmers - Christianity - 1826 - 592 pages
...to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed,...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... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 438 pages
...hail your return with the liveliest tokens of joy ; and, in accents of paternal love, will exclaim, " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ?...I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord 1 ." 5. Come then, poor, trembling, conscious sinner, and refuse not the consolations of your God!... | |
 | Edward Reynolds (bp. of Norwich.) - 1826 - 980 pages
...ii. 17) And the Lord, when there is no motive else, is marvellously wrought on by this argument ; " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ?...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." (Jer. xxxi. 20) In confession we must say, " Thus and thus have we done :" (Josh. vii. 20) in petition... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...the Holy One in the midst of thee : and I will not enter into the city," Hos. xi. 8, 9. " Is Ephraiin my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord," Jer. xxxi. 20. But "let me alone .'" " Let me go, for the day breaketh," said the angel of the covenant... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1826 - 626 pages
...and say, " The Lord is righteous." When such conduct as this is shown, then God is heard saying, " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ?...troubled for him : I will surely have mercy upon him," Jer. xxxi. 18, 20. The converted soul is then ready to say, I bless God who has taken down my stubborn... | |
 | 1852 - 1174 pages
...Abba m Christ to the Church, has come forth in acknowledgment of His child— " Ephraim, my dear son ! a pleasant child ; for since I spake against him,...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." And who can realize such things as these ! such turning " as clay to the seal," but the poor and exercised... | |
 | 1840 - 538 pages
...adulterous David — an idolatrous Ephraim — and a denying Peter, has spoken a word concerning thee. " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ?...him still ; therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; / will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." It is recorded in the 31st Jeremiah, 20th verse.... | |
 | 1847 - 798 pages
...that end, made accepted in Christ. " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since 1 spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still...I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord " (Jer. xxxi. 20). The truth then, is, that God was in Christ reconciling his people unto himself,... | |
 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 600 pages
...his soul, I also wounded him in the blows I gave him, when I was wroth. ' Is he not my dear child ? Since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember...bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy on him ;' Jer. x\xi. 20. He shall have wine and oil, grace and pardon for alibis wounds. But alas !... | |
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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. 
