 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
 | Robert Leighton - 1830 - 558 pages
...? If natural births have been always acknowledged to belong to God's prerogative, (Psal. cxxvii. 3, 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, Gen. xxx. 2, Am I in God's... | |
 | George Fox - Society of Friends - 1831 - 518 pages
...people, and the state of fathers in the truth. GF 'ingston, the 10/A mo. 1G84. DAVID saith,' Ley-children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hands of a mighty man, so are children of the youth. Happy is the... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...multiply therein. Gen. ix. 1.7- And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years and begat Salah. {'mi. XL 12. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Pi. CTITÜ. 3. Rid me and deliver me from the hand of strange children, that our sons... | |
 | George Horne - Bible - 1833 - 438 pages
...piece of instruction, with regard to the management of all our concerns, temporal and spiritual. " 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD : and the fruit of the womb is his reward." The labours of mankind, first in building houses and cities, and then in guarding and... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...Reuben. Reuben signifies, " see a son." It was the exclamation of the joyful mother at his birth. So children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. But how little does a parent know in what disappointments his wishes and prognostics... | |
 | 1835 - 402 pages
...righteousness, and it is he that alone increases it. Of him is our fruit found, and to him is due all the glory. 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... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - Christianity - 1836 - 438 pages
...piece of instruction, with regard to the management of all our concerns, temporal and spiritual. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. The labours of mankind, first in building houses and cities, and then in guarding and... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Brownists - 1837 - 644 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... | |
 | Martin Luther - History - 1837 - 408 pages
...to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows : for so he givetti his beloved sleep. 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... | |
 | Robert Philip - 1839 - 516 pages
...not who commended me: but if I were fruitful, I cared not who did condemn. I have thought of that,' 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... | |
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