...and the fire of divine love are but!, extinguished in the heart." The exhortation belongs to you — O Israel, return unto the Lord, thy God, for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Are the realities of a dying bed and the judgment day less near, or less important than they once were?...

...Return unto the Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by thy iniquities. Take with you words, and return to the Lord ; say unto him, take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously : so will we render the calves of our lips. Ashur shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses,...

...Lord." Hosea xiii. " O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thine help." Chap. xiv. " Return unto the Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by thine iniquities. Take with you words and return to the Lord : say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and...

...upon their insensibility. But the prophet continues to expostulate, with pathos and earnestness, " O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast...fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and return unto the Lord. Say unto him, Take away alj iniquity, and receive us graciously." -f- All this...

...backsliding being healed : " Behold, we come unto thee ; for tliou art the Lord our God" Hos. xiv. 4. " O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity." Here the first words of the Lord's message to his spirituul Israel, are, that " the Lord was their...

...grounds the suitable exhortation and encouragement upon it. Thus he says likewise in another place, " O Israel return unto the Lord thy God ; for thou hast...fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words and turn unto the Lord ; say unto him, take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously ; so will we render...

...Hosea called calves of our lips, because they are like calves offered in sacrifice; Hosea xiv. 2, " Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto...take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously ; so will we render the calves of our lips." Only true Christians offer those sacrifices. However bypocrites...

...Hosea called calves of our lips, because they are like calres offered in sacrifice; Hosea xiv. 2, " Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto...take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips." Only true Christians offer those sacrifices. However hypocrites...

...thy house.'' (Acts xvi. 31.) For this may you often bend the knee, and oftener lift up your heart. Take with you words and turn to the LORD : say unto...take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously. Wash us, and we shall be whiter than snow. Create in us a clean heart, O God : and renew a right spirit...

...backsliding being healed : " Behold, we come unto thee ; for thou art the Lord our God," Hos. xiv. 4. " O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity." Here the first words of the Lord's message to his spirituul Israel, are, that " the Lord was their...