...return, 0 Israeli i, ..... return unto me, saith the Lord; yet afterwards be saiih, Turn thou me, 0 Lord, and I shall be turned ¡for thou art the Lord my God. And therefore that holy writer and aneient father Ambrose dotb plainlv affirm, that the turn- AratoOT....

...breast ; even as Ephraim's smiting upon the thigh was a sign and token of his : " Surely, " says he, " after that I was turned I repented ; and after that...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...

...; and every idol strikes him through with horror. ' Surely I have heard 'Ephraim bemoaning himself, Thou hast chastised, me and I ' was chastised, as...turned, for thou art the Lord my God' Surely after I was turned, I repented ; and after I was in' structed, I smote upon my thigh : I was ashamed, even...

...thee, as he did concerning Ephraim, I have surely heard Ephraim bemoan himself: I have heard him say, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a...to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned ? Hast thou thus wept before the Lord ? take then thy comfort from the words of the text, for they...

...follow contrition, lamentation, and unfeigned sorrow for sin, according to that of the. •prophet, after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upoumy thigh, Jer. xxxi. 19. At the beginning of the Office of Baptism it is said, " None can enter...

...wilderness, pardoning iniquity, transgression and sin? Thou hast prepared a prayer for me — turn me and I shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God. Jer. xxxi. 18. Look to thy new Covenant in the same chapter ; it is all promise, I can do nothing in...

...kindness." Nehem. ix. 17. Hear his own words ; Jer. xxxi. 18. "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus : Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised,...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,...

...there any thing too hard for me?'}'" "I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou has chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed...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...

...thus : Thou hast chastised me, and I was " chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : " turn me and I shall be turned ; for thou art the " LORD...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"...

...though Hieremie had said before, turn unto me, saith the Lord ; yet afterwards he saith,Turn tliou me, and I * shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my God. And therefore, that ancient writer and holy father, Ambrose, doth plainly affirm, that the turning...