...is of me, saith the LORD, liv. 1?. The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, laying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love : therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee, Jer. xxzi. 3. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them,...

...word by the prophets ; " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love. — Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love ; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." Hos. xi. 4 ; Jer. xxxi. 3. It is further evident, that our Lord meant a rational and spiritual influence...

...worship of God ! May he Bless the undertaking ! M4y his eye* and his heart be there perpetually I" Truly how mysterious are the ways of Providence. His...morning from those words, Jeremiah xxxi 3 : "I have lovej theewith an everlasting love ; therefore, with loving kindness have I drawn thee." He afterwards...

...the day, and was the first that presented itself to my waking mind next morning, with the addition of Jeremiah xxxi. 3 : " I have loved thee with an everlasting...therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee," — with a special emphasis on the accusative thee. " Oh !" exclaimed my full and overflowing heart,...

...draw us with the cords of his loving-kindness, as God says he does ; Jer. xxxi. 3. ' Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.' 2. The sufferings of Christ in soul and body are attractive of, and do draw the souls of believers...

...be drawn to renounce all for his sake. It was said by the Lord unto the prophet, "Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." Ah ! who can resist loving-kindness ! Mere power, however absolute in requisition, will not draw us...

...thou wast in thy blood, LIVE." Ez. xvi. 6. Then comes the source of this mercy ; — " I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." Jer. xxxi. 3. But how can a polluted creature be pleasing to a pure and holy God ? Behold the effects...

...womb I sanctified thee, aud I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. — Jer. i. 5. I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore, with loving-kindness have I drawn thee. — Jer. xxxi. 3. Hosea xiv. 4. When God gave out the great promites of a. new heart, a new spirit,...

...in them, which has drawn them into the fold: as it is said in the Prophet Jeremiah ; " I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." But his having thus manifested his choice by drawing some, is no exclusion of others ; on the contrary,...

...born," (chapter xxxi. 9). Again; "The Lord hath appeared from afar unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love : therefore, with loving-kindness have I drawn thee," (verse 3). And, again ; " Is Ephraim my dear son ; is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against...