 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...father ; and their faces were backward, and they faw not their fither's nakednefs. x Pfal. cxxvii. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. T. 4. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; fo are children of the youth, v. 5. Happy is the... | |
 | Richard Paul Jodrell - 1781 - 286 pages
...this moral picliire in very lively colours. Every Reader muft here recollet the Pfalmift " 9 ; " JL,o, 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... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 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... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 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 - 1802 - 562 pages
...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 - 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... | |
 | William Huntington - 1803 - 590 pages
...end of the whole tribe of Pharifees. Amen and Amen. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; fo are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they fhall not be afhamed, .but they fhall fpeak with their enemies in the gate. Pfal. cxxvii. 45. Ninthly,... | |
 | Samuel Clark - 1803 - 244 pages
...(halt know that thy feed fhall be great, and thine offspring, as the grafs of the earth. Pf. cxxvii. 3. Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Ver. 4. As arrows in the hands of a mighty man, fb are children of the youth. Ver. 5. Happy is the... | |
 | Robert Leighton, George Jerment - 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... | |
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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. 
