tethren, send greeting unto the, bethren which are of the Genin Antioch, and Syria, and Clicta. And he went through Sra and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

Acts xviii, 18. And Paul after thitarried there yet a good While, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence o Syria, and with him Priscilla d Aquila; having shorn his head Cenchrea: for he had a vow. 4xx, 3. Now, when we had covered Cyprus, we left it on left band, and sailed unto

CHIEF CITY, DAMASCUS. Ge xv, 2. And Abram said, Led Goo, what wilt thou give seeing I go childless, and the eward of my house is this Eliezer Damascus?

1 Stem. viii, 6. Then David put arisons in Syria of Damascus: the Syrians became servants Drd, and brought gifts. And LeRo preserved David whiErever he went.

Flags xl, 24. And he gathered him, and became capver a band, when David slew Chobar: and they went to Ina, and dwelt therein, and Ned in Damascus.

Enge vill, 7. And Elisha came Damascus, and Ben-hadad the Ang of Syria was sick: and it was ban, saying, The man of God Acme hither.

2 Kings xvi, 10-12. And king A went to Damascus to meet th-pileser king of Assyria, saw an altar that was at Bascus and king Ahaz sent Cijah the priest the fashion of faltar, and the pattern of it, ording to all the workmanship reof And Urijah the priest an altar according to all that king Abaz had sent from Damasso Urijah the priest made it int king Ahaz came from Damascus. And when the king

come from Damascus, the ting saw the altar, and the king proached to the altar, and offerad thereon.

I. vii. 8. For the head of Syria Damascos, and the head of Dunascus is Rezin; and within escore and five years shall Estrain be broken, that it be not & people.

Arta ix, 2, 10, 27. And desired of letters to Damascus to the agogues, that if he found any this way, whether they were ten or women, he might bring

a bound unto Jerusalem. And Gere was a certain disciple at Imascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision,

Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, LORD. But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

2 Cor. xi, 32. In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me.

PROPHECIES ABOUT IT.

Isa. x, 9. Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Isa. xvii, 3. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

Jer. xlix, 23, 24. Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings; they are faint-hearted: there is sorrow on the sea: it cannot be quiet. Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her,

as a woman in travail.

Amos 1, 3, 5. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron. I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

Amos v, 27. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

TARSHISH,

NOTED FOR ITS SHIPPING. Gen. x, 4. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Ps. Ixxii, 10. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Isa. i, 16. And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

Isa. xxiii, 1. The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

Isa. lx, 9. Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from

far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

Jer. x, 9. Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

Ezek. xxvii, 12, 25. Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market; and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the inidst of the seas.

Ezek. xxxviii, 13. Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

Jonah 1, 8. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the

fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

Jonah iv, 2. And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? therefore I fled before unto Tarshish.....

Isa. xxiii, 5, 8, 15, 17. As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. And it shall come to pass, after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.

Jer. xxv, 22. And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles

which are beyond the sea.

Jer. xxvii, 3. And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus....

Ezek. xxvi, 2, 3. Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, sne is broken that was the gates of the people; she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: Therefore thus saith the Lord Gon, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

Ezek. xxvii, 2, 32. Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus. And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the

sea?

Ezek. xxviii, 2, 12. Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: Son of man, Take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord Gon, Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

Ezek. xxix, 18. Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled; yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it.

Hosea ix, 13. Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant

place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Amos 1, 9, 10. Thus saith the LORD, for three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

Zech. ix, 2, 3. And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Matth. xi, 21. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Acts xii, 20. And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

ZIDON.

Gen. xlix, 13. Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships: and his border shall be unto Zidon.

and Zidon every helper that maineth; for the LORD will sp the Philistines, the remnant of country of Caphtor.

Ezek. xxviii, 21, 22. Son of m set thy face against Zidon, prophesy against it, I am against thee, O Zidon; And thus saith the Lord God; Beb

will be glorified in the midst thee: and they shall know tha am the LORD, when I shall hi executed judgments in her, a shall be sanctified in her.

DESTINY OF THE EARTI 2 Peter ill, 1-13. This sec epistle, beloved, I now write u you; in both which I stir up y pure minds by way of res of the words which were spok brance: That ye may be min before by the holy prophets, 1 of the commandment of apostles of the Lord and Savic Knowing this first, that th shall come in the last days scoff walking after their own la And saying, Where is the pros of his coming? for since the fath fell asleep, all things continu they were from the beginning the creation. For this they ingly are ignorant of, that by word of God the heavens wer old, and the earth standing on the water, and in the wa whereby the world that then y being overflowed with wa perished: But the heavens the earth which are now, by same word are kept in store Joshua xi, 8. And the LORD de- served unto fire against the livered them into the hand of of judgment and perdition of Israel, who smote them, and godly men. But, beloved, be chased them unto great Zidon, ignorant of this one thing, that and unto Misrephoth-maim, and day is with the Lord as a thous unto the valley of Mizpeh east-years, and a thousand years they left them none remaining. ward; and they smote them, until one day. The Lord is not s concerning his promise, as men count slackness; but is 1: suffering to us-ward, not wi that any should perish, but all should come to repenta But the day of the Lord will & as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall I away with a great noise, and elements shall melt with ferv that are therein, shall be b heat, the earth also, and the w up. Seeing then that all t things shall be dissolved, w manner of persons ought yet in all holy conversation and liness; Looking for and has unto the coming of the day God, wherein the heavens, be on fire, shall be dissolved, and elements shall melt with fory heat? Nevertheless we, accord Jer. xlvil, 4. Because of the day to his promise, look for that cometh to spoil all the Philis-heavens and a new earth, whet tines, and to cut off from Tyrus dwelleth righteousness.

1 Kings xvii, 9. Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

Isa. xxiii, 2, 4, 12. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.

1. THE FAMILY, A DIVINE INSTITUTION.

, 1,7. And God blessed and his sons, and said unto Be fruitful, and multiply, plenish the earth. And ye fruitful, and multiply; rth abundantly in the and multiply therein.

, 24, 25. And thou shalt at thy tabernacle shall be * and thou shalt visit thy on, and shalt not sin. nhalt know also that thy sil be great, and thine offg as the grass of the earth. xviii, 15. The voice of reand salvation is in the ries of the righteous: the Land of the LORD doeth

AYERS ON BEHALF OF
FAMILY.

Svil, 18-21, 25-29. Then King David in, and sat before , and he said, Who am I, Go and what is my that thou hast brought me And this was yet a thing in thy sight, O Lord at thou hast spoken also of wrvant's house for a great to come: and is this the er of man, O Lord God? And

David say more unto for thou, Lord GoD, knowest ryant. For thy word's sake, acording to thine own heart, A thou done all these great es, to make thy servant know And now, O LORD God, the that thou hast spoken congthy servant, and concernLas house, establish it for ever, 120 as thou hast said. And

FAMILY.

let thy name be magnifled for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. And now, O Lord GoD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it; and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

1 Kings viii, 25, 26. Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me, as thou hast walked before me. And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my

father.

1 Chron. xvii, 17-19, 23-27. And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this

goodness unto thy servant: Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thon blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.

ESPECIALLY ON BEHALF
OF CHILDREN.

Gen. xvii, 18. And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Gen. xxvili, 3, 4. And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people: And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.

Gen. xxxil, 9-11. And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

2 Sam. xii, 16. David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth."

1 Chron. xxii, 12. Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

1 Chron. xxix, 19. And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

Job i, 5. And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them [his children] and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in

their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Ps. xc, 16. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

II. CHILDREN. THE GIFT OF GOD, AND SOMETIMES ASKED FROM HIM.

Gen. xxx, 17. And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

Gen. xxxiii, 5. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.

Gen. xlviii, 8, 9. And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will

bless them.

1 Sam. 1, 9-11, 25-28. So Hannah

rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk: (now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD:) And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. And she said, Oh my lord! as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here praying unto the LORD. For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

1 Sam. ii, 20, 21. And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman, for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. And the LORD Visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.

1 Chron. xxvi, 4, 5. Moreover, the sons of Obed-edom were Shemalah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel

USUALLY ESTEEMED A

SPECIAL BLESSING.

Gen. vi, 1. And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daugh

ters were born unto them.

Gen. xvii, 16, 20. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget; and I will make him a great nation.

Gen. xviii, 10, 14. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent-door, which was behind him. Is any thing too hard for the LORD?

At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall

have a son.

Gen. xxi, 10, 13, 18. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bond-woman and her son: for the son of this bond-woman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Gen. 1, 23. And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were brought up upon Joseph's knees.

Lev. xxvi, 9. For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

Deut. vil, 12-14. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers. And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb.. Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Josh. xvii, 14, 17. And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me

herit, seeing I am a great peop forasmuch as the LORD hath ble ed me hitherto? And Josh spake unto the house of Josep even to Ephraim and to Manass saying, Thou art a great peop and hast great power: thou s not have one lot only.

Ruth iv, 14. And the women si which hath not left thee this a unto Naomi, Blessed be the Le

without a kinsman, that his nam may be famous in Israel.

1 Sam. xx, 14, 15. And thou sha not only, while yet I live, she me the kindness of the LORD, th I die not: But also thon shalt cut off thy kindness from house for ever: no, not when t LORD hath cut off the enemies

David every one from the face the earth.

2 Kings iv, 14-16. And he ss What then is to be done for l

And Gehazi answered, Verily hath no child, and her husband when he had called her, she ste old. And he said, Call her. A in the door. And he said. At this season, according to the ta

of life, thou shalt embrace a s And she said, Nay, my lord, t man of God, do not lie unto th

handmaid.

Ps. cil, 28. The children of t

servants shall continue, and tha seed shall be established bel thee.

Ps. cvii, 38. He blesseth the also, so that they are mult pu greatly, and suffereth not the cattle to decrease.

Ps. cxv, 14, 15. The LORD E increase you more and more. Y and your children. Ye are bless of the LORD, which made hear and earth.

Ps. cxxviii, 6. Yea, thou sh see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.

of people is the king's be but in the want of people is destruction of the prince.

Prov. xiv, 28. In the multita

Isa. xxvi, 15. Thou hast incre ed the nation; O LORD, thon ha increased the nation: thon a glorified; thou hadst removed far unto all the ends of the eart

xlviii, 19. Thy seed also ad been as the sand, and the Spring of thy bowels like the mel thereof; his name should have been cut off nor destroybrum before me.

Jer. xxxv, 18, 19. And Jeremiah to the house of the RechaThus saith the LORD of the God of Israel, Because lave obeyed the commandment Jendab your father, and kept precepts, and done accordall that he hath comaded you; Therefore thus saith Leo of hosts, the God of Jonadab the son of Rechab want a man to stand bete for ever.

13. But the angel said , Fear not, Zacharias: for ayer is heard; and thy wife eth shall bear thee a son, ou shalt call his name

ir, 1, 17. And Adam knew wife; and she conceived, are Cain, and said, I have man from the LORD. knew his wife, and she 4, and bare Enoch..... vi, 4, 5. And he went in Hagar, and she conceived: When she saw that she had ved, her mistress was desher eyes. And Sarai said Abram, My wrong be upon I have given my maid into em and when she saw that and conceived, I was despised eyes: the LORD judge been me and thee.

vi, 11, 12. And the angel Loan said unto her, Be

hold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's band against him: and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Exod. xxi, 22. If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Ruth iv, 13. So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

2 Sam. xi, 5. And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

1 Kings iii, 17, 18. And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. And it came to pass, the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together, there was no stranger in the house. with us in the house, save we two

2 Kings xv, 16. Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

1 Chron. il, 24. And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah, Hezron's

wife, bare him Ashur the father of

Tekoa.

1 Chron. vil, 23. And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

Luke i, 24, 41. And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying. And it came to pass, that, When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.

ALLUSIONS.

(See under BODY.) 2 Kings xix, 3. And they sald unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

Job x, 9-11. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made

me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

Job xv, 35. They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

Ps. vii, 14. Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

Ps. xxii, 9, 10. But thou art he that took me out of the womb; thou didst make me hope when i was upon my mother's breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Ps. xlviii, 6. Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

Ps. lxxi, 6. By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

Ps. cxxxix, 13-16. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Eccles. xi, 5. As thou knowest

not what is the way of the spirit,

nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Cant. viii, 5. (Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, raised thee up under the appleleaning upon her beloved?) Í tree: there thy mother brought thee forth; there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Isa. xiii, 8. And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

Isa. xxi, 3. Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of

it.

Isa. xxvi, 17, 18. Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the