...beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow, sliall return ; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as...the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. SECT. 1. In these verses, is contained God's answer unto the second part of Israel's petition, wherein...

...| shall spread, and his beauty shall be as * Hcb.»*o/< the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return ; they...as the corn, and \\ grow as the vine : the * scent \\ °^6^^thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. rial.' '"" 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do...

...the ortcner you get to this refreshing spot, for it is truly " aplace of revival, as Hosea says, " They that dwell under his shadow shall return ; they shall revive as the com, and grow as the vine." Oh, beloved, can we not sing in the language of the Canticles, "I sat under...

...things. There are two general heads : first, God's promise, enabling Israel to perform theirs — " Ephraim shall say, ' What have I to do any more with idols ?' " secondly, God's special regard to their prayers — " I have heard him ;" to their persons —...

...members ; to throw all their idols away as menstruous rags, and to judgei and revenge u themselves. " Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols "? — In that day, saith the Lord, every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of...

...declared that his church and people, sometimes called by the name of Ephraim, shall be thus turned: " Ephraim shall say, what have I to do any more with idols ?" Hosea xiv. 8. In redemption, Christ turns away iniquities from his people, for they were all laid...

...strength and vigour of the tallest cedar). "And when they that dwell under its shadow shall return, revive as the corn, and grow as the vine, the scent thereof being as the wine of Lebanon." Then probably the real followers of the Lamb will be far more numerous...

...— I will heal their backslidings, I will love them freely.for mine anger is turned away from him. Ephraim shall say what have I to do any more with idols'?" Isa.lxvii. 17,18. Hos. xiv. 4-8. These are promises: promises of the covenant of grace, having their...

...roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall...the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon." How obvious then to every man unpervertcd by prejudice, that the Almighty hath no such objection to...

...«" — This force shall the word have in thine heart, for planting of grace and destroying of sin. "They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they...grow as the vine; the scent thereof shall be as the vine in Lebanon. '<b If thou wouldest return, apply this, "He shall return." If thou art decayed, apply...