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The bed was earth the raised pillar stone whereon poor Jacob rested his head and bones Heaven was his Canopy the shades of night were his drawn Curtains to exclude the light. poor state of jacob hear it seems to me his cattle found as souft a bed as he yet god appeared their joy his crown god is not always found in beds of down

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The bed was earth the raised pillar stone whereon poor Jacob rested his head and bones Heaven was his Canopy the shades of night were his drawn Curtains to exclude the light. poor state of jacob hear it seems to me his cattle found as souft a bed as he yet god appeared their joy his crown god is not always found in beds of down
Listed on Page Number
297
Sampler Worked By
Sarah Howell
Date of Sampler
1731
Place Sampler Made
Philadelphia PA
Sampler Listed on Page
53
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Quarles, Francis. Divine Fancies: Digested into Epigrams, Meditations, and Observations, London: John Marriot, 1632. Pg., 32.
Notes
https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/aENoAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=pillow Also stitched by: Tatnall, Ann 1786, n.p., pg., 78; Wyatt, Sarah, 1742, Salem Co., NJ, pg., 89.