 | Samuel Wesley - 1716 - 394 páginas
...GENESIS, Chap. XXIX. Ver. 18 co 10. • !\ .' 1 8. Jacob lov eJ Rachel, and fer-udfeven years far jbw ; and they feemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had te her. XXVI. : Jacob'* departure. Laban purfues Ufa God appears ts Laban : He makes A Covenant with... | |
 | Whole duty - 1741 - 504 páginas
...circumftances would feem grievous to him. Jacob ferved for Rachel feven years, and after that feven years more ; and they feemed unto him but a few days,...for the love he had to her. Did but the love of God rule'in our hearts, and had we as much real affection for him as fome men have for their friends, there... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1767 - 308 páginas
...he was the moft unhappy : for 'bating the fevcn years he ferved Laban for Rachael, "which feemed to him but a " few days for the love he had to her" — ftrike thofe out of the number, — all his other days were forrow; and that, not from his faults,... | |
 | John Tillotson (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1772 - 410 páginas
...would i.cem grievous to him. Jacob ferved for Rachel feven years, and after thztfevin years nn/rr; and they feemed •unto him but a few days, for the love be had to her. Did but the love of God rule in our hearts, and had we as real an aflection for him... | |
 | James Fordyce - 1777 - 362 páginas
...attendant of the paffion we are now contemplating. " Jacob ferved feven " years for Rachel, and they fcemed unto *' him but a few days, for the Love he " had to her." Yes, my friends, to the heroic fenfe of true affection, labour is an amufement, and hardfhip a pleafure;... | |
 | Mr. Pratt (Samuel Jackson) - 1782 - 272 páginas
...page 61 ESSAY XII. STORY of JACOB and RA c HE t. PASSAGE. And Jacob feryed feven years for Rachel, and they feemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had'to her. p. 65 ESSAY XIII. RECONCILIATION of JACOB and ESAU. PASSAGE. And Efau ran to meet him,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 páginas
...should give her to another man, abide with me. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel : and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. men of the place, and made a feast. , And it came to pass, that he brought Leah to him instead of Rachel.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 446 páginas
...Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and AM affection for his cousin •was so great, that they seemed unto him [but] a few days, for the love he had to her. У1 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, fop my days are fulfilled, the seven years' service... | |
 | John Millar, John Craig - 1806 - 470 páginas
...give her to another man: " abide with me. " And Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and " they seemed unto him but a few days, for the " love he had to herf." In the compositions of Ossian, which describe the manners of a people acquainted with pasturage,... | |
 | William Romaine - 1809 - 316 páginas
...joy of thy soul. Thou knowest what Jacob felt, when he servedseven years for Rachael, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. A gospel spirit does the same to God — love makes long service short — and hard service easy. Nothing... | |
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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 
