...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...

...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....

...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...

...of Chriftand the Church will hear his father difhonoured, or defpife his Mother when fhe is old. 5. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they jJiall not be ajharned, bid they jhallfpcak •with the enemies in the gate. In a houfe full of dutiful...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...maturity, when he is old are cafiable of S defending him, like arrows in the hand of a mighty man. 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 ; an allusion to an old man tallying out to tear, guarding and guarded...

...necessary comforts, God gives his servants comfiosed rest under a sense . S of his firolfction. Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD : [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward ; the hand of God in producing human creatures in the ordinary course of nature, is as visible to a...

...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...