...prophetess, of whom it is said, that, through the course of many years, to an extreme old age, " She departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day." The early piety of Jephthah's daughter, seems to have predisposed and fitted her for such a kind of...

...of Samuel; Elizabeth, the mother of John; Mary, the mother of Jesus ; and Anna, the prophetess, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers, night and day. Whatever may be the reasons, why women are more generally and more eminently pious and devout than...

...tribe of Aser ; she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity: and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years...coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the bord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. And when they had performed...

...of Aser : she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity ; 37 last of all the woman died also. 23 In the resurrection...wife shall 8he be of them ? for the seven had her 38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them...

...the temple, but served Temple of Beforfthe' God with ^stings and prayers night and day. Jer.salem38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise...all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. 39 And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee,...

...seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes, Dan. ii. 3. And she trou a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed...served God with fastings and prayers night and day, Luke ii. 37. And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour ; and at the ninth hour...

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...them, for they know not what they do. If 3 SERMON XVI. The Duties of the Aged. LUKE ii. 37, 38. Andilie was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the Temple, but served Cod with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant, gave thanks lihewise unto...

...night and day. * See on Matt. rii. ver. 21. 11 And she vxa л widow of about fourscore and four jjears, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day, Luke ii. 37. VER. 6. I But she that liveth * in pleasure b 15 ilearl while the liveth. * Or, delicately....

...in truth. There was a devout Simeon, who waited for the consolation of Israel — a devout Anna, who departed not from the temple, but served God, with fastings and prayers, night and day — a Nathaniel, whom the omniscient eye of the Saviour observed pouring out his heart to God in prayer,...