Lo, children are an, heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb are his reward. As arrows are in the hands of a mighty man, fo are children of the youth : happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them ; they (hall not be afhamed, but they Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Page 404edited by - 1782Full view - About this book
| Lewis Atterbury, Edward Yardley - 1743 - 484 pages
...18. But grow in Grace— 27 A 2 SE RSERMONIII. The Bleffing of a numerous Offspring, PSALM cxxvii. 3. Lo, Children are an Heritage of the Lord: And the Fruit of the Womb is bis Reward. Page 48 SERMON IV. The Nature and Neceffity of good Works. MATT. v. 16. Let your Light... | |
| 1764 - 636 pages
...of thy fathers thou fhalt have chil" dren, whom thou mayeft make princes " in all lands." Ciorvs, " Children are an heritage of the Lord, and " the fruit of the womb is his reward. " Lo I thus fhall they be bleffed that fear the " Lord." A CHRONOLOGICAL MEMOIR of Occurrences,... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1764 - 560 pages
...of Children. cxv. 14. The Lord fliall increafe you more and more, you and your Childien. cxxvii. 3. Children are an Heritage of the Lord, and the Fruit of the Womb is his Reward. Pf. cxxviii. 3. Thy Wife fliall be as a fruitful Vine, by the Sides of thine Houfe,... | |
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...; and their faces were, backward, and they faw not lieir father's nakednefs. x Pfal. cxxvii. 3.Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward, ň. 4. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man : fo are children of the youth, v.... | |
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...father ; and their faces were backward, and they faw not their father's nakednefs. x Pfal. cxxvii. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. T. 4. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; fo are children of the youth, v. j,... | |
| Richard Paul Jodrell - 1781 - 286 pages
...this moral pifture in very lively colours. Every Reader muft here recollet the Pfalmift 89 ; " J_.o, children are an heritage of the " Lord, and the fruit...full of ** them; they (hall not be afhamed, but they fliall fpeak with (t the enemies in the gate:" But among the fragments of our Poet's Danae fome charming... | |
| William Dalrymple - 1794 - 148 pages
...Re/fefl and gratitude increafe •with age. In time, they become the trued friends, and fupports. " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord; " and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows " are in the hand of a mighty man; fo are the children " of the youth. Happy... | |
| Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1798 - 536 pages
...births have been always acknowledged to belong to God's prerogative, Pfal. cxxvii. 3. Lo chil~ dren are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is bis reward ; and fo Jacob anfwered wifely to his wife's foolifh paffion, Am I in God's jlcad ? Gen.... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Jerment - 1805 - 544 pages
...its fruitfulness ? If natural births have been always acknowledged to belong to God's prerogativeq, Lo children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. And so Jacob answered wisely to his wife!s foolish passion, Am I in God's stead*? How... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 592 pages
...Fertility is not from the means, but from the author. It was for Solomon, that David sung of old ; Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord ; and the fruit of the womb is his reward. How oft doth God deny this heritage of heirs, where he gives the largest heritage of... | |
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