...see that the Lord is gracious, and that they are blessed who trust in him " (Ps. xxxiv. 8). Oh ! " take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, Take away iniquity, and receive us graciously " (Hosea xiv. 2). " He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice...

...chapter. Turn to it, 0 my soul, and may the Lord again open to thee of its preciousness and power. " 0 Israel, return unto the Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity." Notwithstanding her fall and her iniquity, here is Isra«l addressed in her new and endearing name...

...God, by his Spirit, doth as well call you to it, as he did Israel, saying, " Return to the Lord — thou hast fallen by thine iniquity, — take with you words, and turn unto the Lord, and say unto him, Take away all our iniquity, and receive us graciously;" then will...

...shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, eaith the Lord God. / Hos. xiv. 2, 4. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto...graciously : so will we render the calves of our lips. I will heal their backslidmg, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from- him. Rom....

...ground ; for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and reign righteousness upon you. Hos. xiv. 2. Take with you words ; and turn to the Lord ; say unto...graciously : so will we render the calves of our lips. ZEPH. ii. 3. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment ; seek righteousness,...

...Fervently would we entreat our Romanist countrymen to consider the advice given by the same prophet : " 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...

...happily adapted, if brought to his mind, to direct and encourage his exercise : " O, Israel, return to the Lord thy God ; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously : so will we render the calves of our lips."*...

...the ungodly. EPH. ii. 1 : You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins. 'Hos. xiv. 2: Take with you words, and turn to the LORD ; say unto...Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously. ROM. iii. 24: Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ....

...whereon they were set. Co. Ma. t'r. being rebellious in that even for which . they were placed. Br. j say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive...graciously : so will we render the calves of our lips. MAL. i. 11 : From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great...

...disconsolate, harassed, humbled backslider return to Christ. Take with you words, and say, Take away iniquity, and receive us graciously, so will we render the calves of our lips. The question is not how far you have wandered, — how .grievously you have sinned, — how justly...