...draw" mind, is to induce it. This can only be done by appeals and persuasions of a mental order. " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love," with whatever motives are most congenial and most interesting. "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,...

...the first verse of the chapter, compared, with Matthew xv. 2. " Well," saith God, " I taught Ephraim to go, taking them by their arms ; but they knew not that I healed them. I drew them with the cords of a man ;" an admirable phrase, — with all those means that use to oblige one man to another,...

...missionary labours, or who undertake the work of an evangelist in preaching the Gospel to the heathen. " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love " (Hos. xi. 4). And the eagle denotes the lofty range and far-sightedness of prophecy. That this exhausts...

...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...

...chiefly by the power of affectionate kindness. Jehovah, speaking of Israel, by the prophet, says — " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." Hos. xi. 4. " It is God's work to draw poor souls to himself," says the Rev. Matthew Henry, " by mild...

...we may be justly reminded of the declaration of a Prophet, when he speaks of the divine procedure, " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." That saying is attractively illustrated by the condescending representation vouchsafed of God, of our...

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...understanding destroys its proper acts. No. It doth not destroy, but perfect it. Hence that expression — " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." He finds us unwilling. He makes us willing. So that all along free grace is to have the glory : as...

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...22, " The Father — hath couuuitUu all judgment unto the Son." Hos. xi. 3, " I tanght Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms, but they knew not that I healed them." Sometimes they are, during their state of blindness, in eminent hazard of their lives, and narrowly...