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...striking allusion to the scenery and productions of that mountain, it is promised in the sixth verse : " His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell (or his memorial,) as the original term signifies, as Lebanon." His branches shall spread " Hos. xiv,...

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...from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." TUP. FIFTH SERMON.* HOSEA, XIV. 5, 6, 7. / will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as...branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow, sliall return ; they shall...

...barrenness. I want the Lord the Spirit to be to me, in me, and felt by me, as He hath promised : ' I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon ; ' for, until He is unto me what He has here promised to be, I know I must continue in dark places,...

...principle of grace, will preserve it, cause it to spring, and make it thrive; for he has promised " to be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon," Hos. xiv. 5. Nor should we suffer these, or the like promises, to be wrested out of our hands, nor...

...' I will heal their backslidings, I will love them freely ; for mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel ; he shall grow as the lily, and cast out his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and...