...doubt, let us ponder those words of amazing condescension, — the rebukes of lingering love, — " I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the first-fruits of His increase." " O my people, what have...

...dawn. MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS. BLESSEDNESS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN LIFE. " Thus saith the LOBD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...wentest after Me in the wilderness, in a land that wa» not sown."— Jer. ii. 2. " Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? " — Gal. iv. 15. " I...

...their will and affection ta him. We have him in the word of his grace, saying, Thus saith the Lord, J remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals. Jer. ii. 2. This is surprising grace, yet we have the warrant of the Lord's own word for believ-. ing,...

...hear the Rev. Mr. Wills preach in the parish church at Truro : his text was tier. ii. 2, " I remember the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wcntest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown." This was a word in season to him....

...be memorable to me from the time I was in the Bass, when Mr. Shields preached upon it.* Jer. ii. 2. Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness...espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, §r. O for that first love, the love of espousals. Some are drawn in to Christ by the cords of love,...

...still ; His language towards you is the same as to His ancient people when they had forgotten Him : " I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love...espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness." 1 Yes, our gracious God does not forget the old days ; He has remembered thee all through thy declension,...

...from their earliest days, and would have them to know how pleasant and acceptable they were to him. "Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee ; the kindness...thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wenfest after roe in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Israel was holiness unto the Lord,...

...grant them some deliverance, &c. God would not destroy him altogether. — 2 Chron. xii. 6. 7. 12. Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness...thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentcst after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. — Jer. ii. 2. Thus God did note...

...him that I am sick of love.— Cant. v. 8. Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee (or for thy sake), the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness. — Jer. ii. 2. Jnda.li hath profaned the holiness of the Lord, which he loved (or ought to love)....

...be memorable to me from the time I was in the Bass, when Mr. Shields preached upon it.' Jer. ii. 2. Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thau wentest after me in the urilderness, &>c. O for that first love, the love of espousals. Some are...