...(Psalm Ixxiii. 28). " Draw me." And how truly the God of our mercy does " prevent" us (Psalm lix. 10). "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love ;" " With loving-kindness have I drawn thee" (Hos. xi. 4 ; Jer. xxxi. 3). So again, in Deut. i. 33,...

...6\.) THEN those words were very pleasant to me : " 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. I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws,...

...shall be drawn. The Prophet Hosea declares to us not only the fact but the manner of this drawing — " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love " (Hosea xi. 4). What are these bands ? and who is this man ? "A threefold cord is not quickly broken"...

...good.—Does not the prophet Hosea state, in God's words, what is his method of drawing us to Himself? " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love."— What are cords of a man ? Those methods by which a man ought to be persuaded, and may reasonably be...

...departed from me ; They sacrificed unto Baalim, And burnt incense to graven images. I taught Ephraim also to go, Taking them by their arms. But they knew not that I healed them. I drew them with human cords, with hands of love ; And I was to them as one that lightened the yoke on their cheek ;...

...to speak, calls up its pretty conversations, &c., so the ALMIGHTY, verse 3, ' I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms, but they knew not that I healed them;' and again, (in vi. 4,) ' O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee...

...draws sinners to Christ congruously, or agreeably to the nature of man ; so he speaks, Hos. xi. 4, " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." Not as beasts are drawn and compelled, but as men are inclined and wrought to compliance by the rational...

...Saviour is of the most persuasive, winning, and attractive character — namely that of love. Hos. xi. 4: 'I drew them with cords of a man; with bands of love. Jer. xxxi. 3 : 'I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with loving-kindness have 1 drawn...

...but especially the preaching of his Word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners." " I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." This is the drawing ; with the bands of a man, not by the attraction of gravity. Suppose the planets...

...these must be overcome before we can ever come to God. But we are told, by the Prophet that God says, "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love." The first is "with cords of a man," that is, rationally. When Christ draws us to himself, he does not...