An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

Here we have the third degree of Gods goodness towards Ephraim, the fruit of his love, he called them out of Egypt, and he called upon them by his Prophets, and he taught them to go.

HEre we have the third degree of Gods goodness towards Ephraim, the fruit of his love, he call'd them out of Egypt, and he call'd upon them by his Prophets, and he taught them to go.

God here compares himself to a Nurse, or to a tender ¹Mother, or loving Father, that carries along the child, and guides the hand of it, and the feet of it; and as they ⟨p. 28⟩are leading the children if there be any rugged foul way, the Nurse or the Parent takes them up in their Arms, such was my dealings towards Ephraim said God. In Psal 77. 20. God there is said to lead them by the hand of Moses and Aaron, like a flock of Sheep. But here he is said to ²lead them like a Nurse, or a Parent, and this expression seems to have reference unto that we have in Deut. 1. 31. In the Wilderness the Lord thy God did bear thee as a man doth ³bear his son in all the way that ye went; Look as a man leads his son by his hand, and when he comes to hard way doth bear him up and take him in his arms, so did the Lord thy God deal towards thee as a man to his son: for so he called Ephraim in the former verse, his Son, he loved him when he was a child; so he is compared to to a child, and God to the parent that teaches him how to go, God taught them how to go in their way out of Egypt all along in the Wilderness until they came to Canaan

God here compares himself to a Nurse, or to a tender