God's method of punishing apostasy.
I. ITS OWN SIN IS TO FIND IT OUT.
II. THAT THE TRUE CHARACTER OF ITS ACTIONS AND THE BITTER FRUITS OF ITS SIN MAY APPEAR.—M.
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Jeremiah 2:19
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