...own intereft. That maxim, Prsv. xi. 24. There is thatfcattereth, and yet increafeth; and • there is that -with-holdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty, holds in this, as much as in any thing*. Religion is a fire, which being (mothered, goes out ; but...

...the facred Writings. Prov. xi. 24. * There is " that fcattereth, and yet increafeth », and there " is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it " tendeth to poverty." So Jfts v. 41. " And » they," that is, the Apoflles, " departed from R 3 "the • Parcus Deorum cuhor,...

...difperfeth abroad." Pfalm cxii. 5, 9. " There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ; and " there is that with-holdeth more than is meet, but it " tendeth to poverty : the liberal foul fhall be fat," Prov. xi. 24, 25. "The bountiful eye fhall be blefTed:" Prov. xxii....

...the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24 There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ; and there is that with-holdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25 The liberal foul fhall be made fat ; and he that watereth fhall be watered alfo himfelf. 26 He that...

...the truth of the wife-man's remark; " there '' is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ; and ff there is that withholdeth more than is " meet, but it tendeth to poverty." May we, therefore, be of the number of thofe who increafe their own happinefs by promoting the happinefs...

...blemnig, all is childi.ilrand fantafticaL " There is that fcattereth^and yet mcreafeth ; and there is that withhold.eth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty/' * If this were felt and underfiood as it ought, we mould. fee lefs. eager nefs, rapacity and felfifhnefe...

...by experience, that I have gained thereby. " There " is that scattereth, yet increaseth ; and there is that '• with-holdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to " poverty:" " There is that maketh himself rich, yet * Sol. Song. vi. i1. ill " hath nothing : there is that maketh...

...( are ranked among the friends of God; for, There is that Jcattereth and yet increqfeth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. <£he liberal Jculfaall be made fat, and he that watereth Jhatt be "Jmtered alfo hitnfelf. He that...

...penury in the parish workhouse. " See," said my uncle, " how selfishness defeats its own ends. ' There is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.' Those who might secure general respect and gratitude as benefactors of their race, often expose themselves...

...poor," fays the wife man, " mall not lack." " There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." Suppofe, however, that it mould not feem good to the Almighty to reward your beneficence with worldly...