THE DIVINE MERCY TO MOURNING PENITENTS.
"I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus: Thou hast
chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to
the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the
Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and
after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed,
yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Is Ephraim my dear son is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke
against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my
bowels are troubled for him: I will surely have mercy upon him,
saith the Lord.”—Jer. xxxi. 18–20 ̊.
EXTRACTS FROM A SERMON
Preached at Nassau Hall, Princeton, May 28, 1761. Occasioned
by the death of the Rev. Samuel Davies, A. M., late President of
the College of New Jersey. By Samuel Finley, D. D., President
of said College.
For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For
whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die,
we die unto the Lord; whether we live, therefore, or die, we
are the Lord's."-Rom. xiv. 7, 8..
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