 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 speak...  Records of the Life of the Rev. John Murray - Page 137by John Murray - 1816 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lewis Atterbury, Edward Yardley - Church of England - 1743 - 484 pages
...that it is a happy and bleffed Thing to be the Parent of a numerous and hopeful i *J Off'-fpring, that Children are the Heritage of the Lord, and the Fruit of the Womb is'his Reward. But here I expect it will be objected, that Experience demonftrates the quite Contrary,... | |
 | History - 1762 - 618 pages
...thou (halt ' have children, whom thou mayft ' make princes in all lands.' Chorus. ' Children are an heritage of the ' Lord, and the fruit of the womb ' is his reward. 4 Lo thus fliall they be blefled « that feareth the Lord.' On the pth, the day after the ceremony,... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1764 - 560 pages
...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, thy Children like... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...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, т. 4. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man : fo are children of the youth, v. 5 . Happy is the... | |
 | David Durell - Bible - 1772 - 326 pages
...Numerous are the Inftances in Scripture which countenance this Expreflion ; thus, Lo, Children are an Heritage of the Lord, and the Fruit of the Womb is his Reward. Pf.CXXVII. 3. So Weights and Balances are faid to be the Ordinance appointed by God. Ch. XVI. n. But... | |
 | William Dalrymple - Creation - 1794 - 148 pages
...gratitude increafe xvith age. In time, they become the trueft 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 is the man that... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1798 - 492 pages
...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... | |
 | John Flavel - 1799 - 602 pages
...thing, and ob" taineth favour of the Lord." So for children, fee Pfal. cxxvii. 3. " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord ; and the fruit of " the womb is his reward." And it hath ever been the practice of holy men to feek the Lord for direction and counfel when they... | |
 | bp. George Heorne - Bible - 1802 - 562 pages
...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... | |
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