| George Hill - Apologetics - 1842 - 812 pages
...significant manner that kind of moral suasion, of which the Almighty speaks by the prophet Hosea, " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." This specimen shows that upon a subject so far removed from observation and experience, it is not difficult... | |
| William Beveridge - Sermons, English - 1843 - 474 pages
...insensibly to it; as He Himself also tells us in the same HOI. ii. 3. place, saying, " I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms, but they knew not that I healed them." We are all by nature so weak and impotent, that we cannot of ourselves make one true step to Christ.... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1843 - 348 pages
...xlii. 6. I the Lord will hold thy hand, and will keep thee. H -. xi. 3. I taught Ephraim to go, taxing them by their arms, but they knew not that I healed them. Ch. vii. I5. Rom. xiv. 4. He shall be holden up ; for God is able to make him stand. Rev. ii. 1. He... | |
| 1843 - 844 pages
...goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." "I taught Ephraim to go, leading them by the hand; but they knew not that I healed them." " I drew them with the cords of a man, with bands of love." There can be no doubt but the blessed Spirit, in making use... | |
| Joseph Roberts - 1844 - 662 pages
...sarcastically : "Yes, indeed you are a very good friend, you are always raining favours upon me." CHAP. XI. I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love. — Verse 4. Here we have another figure to show the affection of Jehovah for backsliding Israel. An... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1848 - 978 pages
..." No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him." (John vi. 44.) Friday. — "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." (Hosea xi. 4.) Saturday. — " They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall... | |
| Theology - 1872 - 882 pages
...once convert and sanctify all. But God's action on man is in harmony with man's mental constitution. " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." Therefore human faithfulness or negligence, human willingness or opposition, are to be taken into the... | |
| Thomas Manton - Bible - 1845 - 624 pages
...doth not work by violence, but by a sweet inclination, alluring and speaking comfortably unto us : "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love" (Hos. xi. 4). God knows all the wards of man's heart, and what kind of key will fit the lock, therefore... | |
| 1846 - 462 pages
..."For," says the Lord by his prophet Hoses, 11. 3, 4. "I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by then* arms ; but they knew not that I healed them. I drew them with, cords of a man, with bands of lore, and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them." And... | |
| Daniel Baker - Evangelistic sermons - 1846 - 384 pages
...affections and sensibilities, and these can be wrought upon in various ways ; and hence it is written, " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." I have seen men going from one place to another, and even hastening to distant and sickly climes, drawn... | |
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