thee as Zeboim? Mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man” (Hosea 11:8–9). Oh, do not, I beseech you, be unbelieving any longer, but believe God’s word and oath, and accept the comfort which he freely offers to you in the word of his gospel! Some however, have refused comfort so long, that they have grown into the habit of despair. Ah, it is a dangerous habit,