The Duties, Advantages, Pleasures, and Sorrows of the Marriage Stateauthor, 1813 - 138 pages |
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... keep this in constant view , Not what you may , but what you ought to do . Within the compass live , this rule attend , At first set out , as you would wish to end . If children be your portion thankful be ; They may be blessings for ...
... keep this in constant view , Not what you may , but what you ought to do . Within the compass live , this rule attend , At first set out , as you would wish to end . If children be your portion thankful be ; They may be blessings for ...
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... keep thee in all places whither thou goest , and will bring thee again into this land ; for I will not leave thee , until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of . " When Jacob was a very old man , and drew near his end , he ...
... keep thee in all places whither thou goest , and will bring thee again into this land ; for I will not leave thee , until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of . " When Jacob was a very old man , and drew near his end , he ...
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... good John Bunyan has expressed it : - Saints ' fellowship , if it be manag'd weil , Keeps them awake , and that in spite of hell . ' F It is indispensible that you be watch- ful , that Advantages of the Marriage State continued . 61.
... good John Bunyan has expressed it : - Saints ' fellowship , if it be manag'd weil , Keeps them awake , and that in spite of hell . ' F It is indispensible that you be watch- ful , that Advantages of the Marriage State continued . 61.
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... keep one another in the mind constantly to pray together , there is reason to fear that much of your com- fort will be diminished . Let me , there- fore , recommend to you both , as ye are desirous of enjoying all the advantages your ...
... keep one another in the mind constantly to pray together , there is reason to fear that much of your com- fort will be diminished . Let me , there- fore , recommend to you both , as ye are desirous of enjoying all the advantages your ...
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... keeps Her wheels in motion ; and her fabric stands . Glories beyond our ken of mortal sight , Are now preparing , and a mansion fair Awaits us , where the saints imbody'd live ; Spirits releas'd from clay , and purg'd from sin : Thither ...
... keeps Her wheels in motion ; and her fabric stands . Glories beyond our ken of mortal sight , Are now preparing , and a mansion fair Awaits us , where the saints imbody'd live ; Spirits releas'd from clay , and purg'd from sin : Thither ...
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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.