The Duties, Advantages, Pleasures, and Sorrows of the Marriage Stateauthor, 1813 - 138 pages |
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Page 37
... affairs . ' What undissembled love she bears To him who has her hand ; How does she soften all his cares , And all his woes attend ! ' Ꭰ Oh what an inexpressible blessing , my dear Sir , Advantages of the Marriage State . 37.
... affairs . ' What undissembled love she bears To him who has her hand ; How does she soften all his cares , And all his woes attend ! ' Ꭰ Oh what an inexpressible blessing , my dear Sir , Advantages of the Marriage State . 37.
Page 63
... bloody Calvary , where naked skulls Pave the sad road , and fright the traveller . Can my beloved bear to trace the feet Of her F 2 Advantages of the Marriage State continued . 63 Labour, as to debar us when we need ...
... bloody Calvary , where naked skulls Pave the sad road , and fright the traveller . Can my beloved bear to trace the feet Of her F 2 Advantages of the Marriage State continued . 63 Labour, as to debar us when we need ...
Page 64
John Ovington. Can my beloved bear to trace the feet Of her Redeemer , panting up the bill Hard burthen'd ? can thy heart attend his cross ? Nail'd to the cruel wood he groans , he dies , For thee he dies . Beneath thy sins and mine ...
John Ovington. Can my beloved bear to trace the feet Of her Redeemer , panting up the bill Hard burthen'd ? can thy heart attend his cross ? Nail'd to the cruel wood he groans , he dies , For thee he dies . Beneath thy sins and mine ...
Page 65
... Bears plenteous ; and revolving seasons still Dress her vast globe in various ornament . For us this cheerful sun , and ... Bear us at once unsever'd to our better home ? O blest connubial state ! O happy pair ! Thus by communion your ...
... Bears plenteous ; and revolving seasons still Dress her vast globe in various ornament . For us this cheerful sun , and ... Bear us at once unsever'd to our better home ? O blest connubial state ! O happy pair ! Thus by communion your ...
Page 95
... Bear hence each heavy loaded cloud : And let the twinkling Star - beams glow . Now sweeping floods rush down the ... bears on high ! Where the short furze all shrouded láy , Mounts the dried grass ; -Earth's bosom dry . Then o'er the ...
... Bear hence each heavy loaded cloud : And let the twinkling Star - beams glow . Now sweeping floods rush down the ... bears on high ! Where the short furze all shrouded láy , Mounts the dried grass ; -Earth's bosom dry . Then o'er the ...
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Page 44 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 40 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 7 - Unargued I obey : so God ordains. God is thy law ; thou, mine : to know no more, Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise 1 With thee conversing, I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike.
Page 15 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; * but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 27 - The world was sad ! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smiled...
Page 43 - And the women said unto Naomi, "Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life and a nourisher of thine old age; for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.
Page 39 - And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Page 80 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather ; he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses : from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Page 40 - I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac ; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed: and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 3 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.