...pleased to nourish and mak6 his people fruitful is most sweetly set forth in the following promise. " I will " be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow...be as the olive" tree, and his smell as Lebanon'." Dew is of a fructifying nature. The Lord being as dew unto Israel makes him grow up like a lily, and...

...; I will heal thy backslidings, I will love thee freely ; for mine anger is turned away from thee : I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he shall grow as...branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olire-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. I give unto my sheep eternal life, and they shall never perish,...

...already explained the chapter, I shall go no further in mat explanation. But now mark Hosea xiv. 5 — I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. Joel i. 2 — Hear this, ye old men : chap. ii. 28 — I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh : Chap....

...cheerfully : for mine anger is turned away from him ; I 5 will not remember their former offences. I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon ; / will pour out my spirit in its gracious influ6 enees, and they shall be strong and vigorous, a»...

...make it fruitful. Jer. xxxi. 12. Their soul shall be as a watered garden. Mai. iv. 2. Hos. xiv. 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel, he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. Ver. 8. I am like a green fir-tree ; from me is thy fruit found. Matt. vii. 16. Ye shall know them...

...I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely : for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanou. 7...

...as the lily ; and in strength and height, as the cedar in Lebanon. XIV. 1 They that dwell under kis shadow shall return ; they shall revive as the corn,...the vine : the scent thereof shall be as the wine cf Lebanon. They, that dwell under the shadow of my Church, shall there find comfort and rest : they...

...godliness, nor in a lively experience of that gracious promise recorded in the I4th chapter of Hosea, viz. "I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon ; " nevertheless, the Christian life is a hidden life, and true believers "walk by faith, and not by...

...in a lively %x^perience. of that gracious promise re. corded in the i/jth chapter of Hosea, viz. " I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon ; " nevertheless, the Christian life is a hidden life, and true believers " walk by faith, and not...

...godliness, nor in a lively experience of that gracious promise recorded in the I4th chapter of Hosea, viz. " I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon ; " nevertheless, the Christian life is a hidden life, and true believers " walk by faith, and not...