They are sorry when the days shorten for thy sake, they wish for thee before thou comest, they welcome thee when thou art come, and they enjoy so much of heaven in thee, that thence they love, and look, and long the more for their eternal Sabbath. Go forth, O thou fairest among Women, and be thou fruitful in bringing forth Children to thy Maker and Husband. 1Be thou the Mother of thousands and of millions, and let thy seed possess the Gate of them that hate them. Do thou, like Rachel and Leah, build up the House of Israel, do thou worthily in ⟨p. 398⟩Ephratah, and be thou famous in Bethlehem. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou mighty and gracious day, and in thy Majesty ride prosperously, because of meekness, righteousness, and truth, let thy right hand teach the terrible things; let thine arrows be sharp in the hearts spiritual enemies, whereby the people may fall under thee. 2The Lord hath chosen thee, he hath desired thee for his habitation; Thou art his rest for ever; in thee he will dwell, for he hath desired it. Let him abundantly bless thy provision, and satisfy thy poor with bread; let him clothe thy Priests with salvation, and let thy Saints shout aloud for joy; lot thine Enemies be clothed with shame, but upon thy head let the Crown flourish; let Nations bow down to thee, let Kingdoms fall down before thee; Let all the Kingdoms of the earth become the Kingdoms of thy Lord and of thy Christ; be thou honoured as long as the Son and moon shall endure, even throughout all Generations Thou art like Joseph a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough, by a Wall whose Branches run over the Wall. The Archers have sorely grieved thee, and shot at thee (endeavouring to weaken thy morality) and hated thee, but thy bow abode in strength by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from thence is the Shepherd, the stone of Israel; Even by the Lord of Sabbaths who shall help thee, and by the Almighty who shall bless thee with blessings of Heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb; the blessings of this day have prevailed above the blessings of all other day; let them be continued and increased on the heads of this holy and honourable day, and on the head of that day which is separate ⟨p. 399⟩from it brethren.
They are sorry when the days shorten for thy sake, they wish for thee before thou comest, they welcome thee when thou art come, and they enjoy so much of heaven in thee, that thence they love, and look, and long the more for their eternal Sabbath. Go forth, O thou fairest among Women, and be thou fruitful in bringing forth Children to thy Maker and Husband. 1Be thou the Mother of thousands and of millions, and let thy seed possess the Gate of them that hate them. Do thou, like Rachel and Leah, build up the House of Israel, do thou worthily in ⟨p. 398⟩Ephratah, and be thou famous in Bethlehem. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou mighty and gracious day, and in thy Majesty ride prosperously, because of meekness, righteousness, and truth, let thy right hand teach the terrible things; let thine arrows be sharp in the hearts spiritual enemies, whereby the people may fall under thee. 2The Lord hath chosen thee, he hath desired thee for his habitation; Thou art his rest for ever; in thee he will dwell, for he hath desired it. Let him abundantly bless thy provision, and satisfie thy poor with bread; let him cloath thy Priests with salvation, and let thy Saints shout aloud for joy; lot thine Enemies be cloathed with shame, but upon thy head let the Crown flourish; let Nations bow down to thee, let Kingdomes fall down before thee; Let all the Kingdomes of the earth become the Kindomes of thy Lord and of thy Christ; be thou honoured as long as the Son and moon shall endure, even throughout all Generations Thou art like Joseph a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough, by a Wall whose Branches run over the Wall. The Archers have sorely greived thee, and shot at thee (endeavouring to weaken thy morality) and hated thee, but thy bow abode in strength by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from thence is the Shepherd, the stone of Israel; Even by the Lord of Sabbaths who shall help thee, and by the Almighty who shall bless thee with blessings of Heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb; the blessings of this day have prevailed above the blessings of all other day; let them be continued and increased on the heads of this holy and honourable day, and on the head of that day which is separate ⟨p. 399⟩from it brethren.
- 1Gen. 24.60.
- 2Psa. 132.
