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 ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall... Family UnplanningNo preview available - About this book
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1782 - 588 pages
...painted in this moral piflure in very lively coloors. Every Reader muft here recolleft the Pfalmift; " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb are his reward. A* arrows are in the hands of a mighty man, fo are children of the youth : happy is... | |
| Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...forrows for fo he giveth his belovec ilcep. . 3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and th ruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the land of a mighty man ; fo are children of the youth. 5 Happy is . the man that lath his quiver full... | |
| Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1798 - 492 pages
...obtained without a fpecial influence of divine grace; but it is given as children are (of whom it is faid, Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the ^ womb is his reward), not 'without fore travail and labour of the mother, not without grievous difficulty and pangs in the... | |
| 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.... | |
| bp. George Heorne - Bible - 1802 - 562 pages
...profitable piece of inftruction, with regard to the management of all our concerns, temporal and fpiritual. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. The labours of mankind, firft in building houfes and cities, and then in guarding and fecuring their... | |
| Niel Douglas - Deism - 1802 - 302 pages
...juftified in applying, in this fenfe alfn, the words of the Pfalmift ? " Lo, children are an heriiage of the Lord ; and the fruit of the womb is his reward." Here there is no excepcion ; and he gives no where reafon to think, that he will give up his inheritance... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...themselves necessary comforts, God gives his servants comfiosed rest under a sense . S of his firolfction. Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD : [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward ; the hand of God in producing human creatures in the ordinary course of nature, is as visible to a... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Jerment - Theology - 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 much more is... | |
| Alexander Geddes - Bible - 1807 - 290 pages
...bread of sorrows : far so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are an heritage of JEHOVAH : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man j so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...of children. cxv. 14. The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children. cxxvii. 3. Children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womh is his reward. cxxviii. 3. Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, by the sides of thine house,... | |
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