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Jer_32:18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, [is] his name,
Ver. 18. Thou showest lovingkindness.] See on Jer_32:17.
And recompensest the iniquity.] Thou art not made all of mercy either, as silly folk are apt to conceit it.
Into the bosom of their children.] Who have it in full measure, long though it be first sometimes. Such parents are parricides.
The great, the mighty God.] Surgit hic oratio. Let us learn to represent the Lord to ourselves in prayer under fit notions and attributes; this will both increase faith and inflame affection.