...God's hand is on them, they will seek him : and as in chap. VI. ver. 1 . say one to another, " Come let us return unto the Lord, for he hath torn and...heal us, he hath smitten and he will bind us up." How penitent were they, when God's hand was on them : but let it once be removed, and hear how God...

...exhortation ; and, secondly, to enforce itj particularly from the motive in the following context : •' For he hath torn, and he will heal us ; he hath " smitten, and he will bind us up." First; to explain the exhortation : " Gome, *' and let us return unto the Lord;" and this exhortation,...

...predicted the Babylonish -captivity to Judah, and the carrying away into Assyria to the ten tribes, cpme, and let us return unto the Lord, for he hath torn,...he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two or three days he will revive us, and we shall live in his slight, ver. 12. After they had rest, they...

...would eye men less, and God more, and without delay they would fasten upon the church's resolution*. Come and let us return unto the Lord ; for he hath...heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will bind us Up,- Sec. And this is the very thing that the pro. j%et would here persuade to by this present doctrine;...

...return unto the LORD ; let us resolve to return t» him, and invite and encourage one another to do so : for he hath torn, and he will heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will bind 3 us up. After two days, in a little time, will he revive ws : in the third day he will raise us up,...

...from your evil ways, for why will ye die, O house of Israel ? Ver. 14, 19. 2 Pet. iii. 9. Hos. vi. 1. Let us return unto the Lord, for he hath torn, and...will heal us, he hath smitten and he will bind us up. Lam. iii. 40. xiv. 1, 2. O Israel, return unto the Lord, for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity, take...

...especially) to describe ! " Come," my friends, " let us return unto the Lord : for he " hath wounded, and he will heal us ; he hath smitten, " and he will bind us up J." Verily we are all guilty in this matter ; we have all provoked him by unbelief, * Luke, xxii, 6l,62,...

...in their affliction they will seek me early." Accordingly they did seek him : " Come," say they, " and let us return unto the Lord : for he hath torn...heal us ; he hath smitten and he will bind us up." O blessed fruit of affliction ! when sanctified by the Spirit it teaches the children of God to pray...

...such aa we hope and pray for ? Obviously, if the church has sinned, her first duty is to repent. " Let us return unto the Lord ; for he hath torn, and...heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up." And if our repentance be of value, we shall prove it by doing again the first works of Christian duty....

...their affliction they will seek me early : Saying : CHAP. VI. 1 COME and let us return unto Jehovah; For he hath torn, and he will heal us; He hath smitten, and he will bind us up : 2 After two days he will revive us; On the third day he will raise us up ; And we shall live in his...