Observe the grace of the Lord, by way of heightening that grace, in the riches of it! It was never for want of education, in any period of the Church, that his people revolted; for the Lord did by them as the affectionate mother doth by her infant child; when in leading strings, she watches over the first attempts of the babe to walk. And thus the Lord doth now. The same grace that calls us from the Egypt of a state of nature, leads, by divine teaching, through all the paths of our pilgrimage, and through the whole state of grace. All thy people shall be taught of the Lord, is an Old Testament promise, and faithfully confirmed under the New Testament dispensation. Isaiah 54:13; John 6:45. Jesus both leads, and carries in his arms, and heals all the diseases of his people, though our ignorance is like that of Israel.
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Hosea 11:3
3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.