...Amen. DISCOURSE XXVI. BACKSLIDING REPROVED. Go and cry in the cart of Jeritsalem, saying Thui taith the Lord ¡ I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousale, -when thou -wentest afier me in the -aiilderneat, in a land that it,as not ta-wn. — Jeremiah...

...Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD ; I remember thee, the kindness...me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the first fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall...

...cherished in the Divine breast ; for God says to Jeremiah, " Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; I remember thee, the kindness...espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in aland that was not sown." A similar scene was furnished by that generation which returned from Babylon...

...not again according to the benefit done unto him ; for his heart was lifted up." Jeremiah was to cry in the ears of Jerusalem, " Thus saith the Lord ;...kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when lhou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not s^nvn. Israel was holiness unto the...

...not again according to the benefit done unto him ; for his heart was lifted up." Jeremiah was to cry in the ears of Jerusalem, " Thus saith the Lord ;...me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the first fruits of his increase." The Church of Ephesus had...

...has impaired her frame, and health is only now a living sacrifice. Go and make God thine example : ' I remember Thee, the kindness- of thy youth, the love...me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.' Secondly, says the prophet, ' Is she not thy companion ?' This, perhaps, is the most lovely and becoming...

...267 DISCOURSE XXVI. BACKSHDISG REPROVED. Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying. Thus saiththe Lord, I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth,...me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. — Jer. ii. 2. 279 DISCOURSE XXVII. THE MISERY OF CONTENDING WITH BOD. Wo unto him that strivcth with...

...Spirit. They became eminently devoted to God. " I remember thee," says he, in later ages of the church, " the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilder. ness. Israel was holiness to the Lord and the first fruits of his increase." With them God...

...the Lord looked back with such complacency, many ages afterwards, and of them that he then said — " I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals," or stedfast love, " when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. Israel...

...God that hath called thee, and he will reward thee with honour, glory, and eternal life. Amen. " ' Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, the kindness...me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.' Jer. ii. 2. Dear Friend, consider this. Yet again : ' The way of the just is uprightness ; thou, most...