2 Samuel 12:16-22 David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth. Nave's Topical Index
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Letter xxii. To Eustochium. ... drink I say nothing: for, even in sickness, the solitaries ... But as fasting is not my present theme and ... Some, when they find themselves with child through their ... /.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xxii to eustochium.htm
Against Jovinianus. ... that if they would prefer fulness to fasting they should ... both born of a virgin, and is born again through ... The Jews gloried in children and child-bearing; and ... /.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/against jovinianus.htm