 | Thomas Boston - 1755 - 318 halaman
...-marks that he hath done. 4,thly, Our 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... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1775 - 456 halaman
...experience; I have learned of my Lord to be kind, and have found by experience, that I have gained thereby. There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ; and...that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth ft poverty. There is that maketh himfelf rich, yet batb nothing : there is that maketh himfelf poor,... | |
 | William Penn - 1782 - 506 halaman
...merciful, and ever lendeth. He fhews favour, and " lendeth, and difperfeth abroad." Pfalm cxii. 5, 9. " There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ; and...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.... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1785 - 418 halaman
...Generofity, and theBleffings attending the Right Ufe of Riches from thexith Chapterof Proverbs, ver. 24, 25. There is that fcattereth and yet increafeth ; and there is that withholdeth- more than is meet ; tut it tendeth to Poverty. The liitral Soul jhall be made fat : And be that watertth, jkall... | |
 | 1788 - 598 halaman
...difcretion. 23 The defire of the righteous is only good : but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24 There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ;...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... | |
 | John Disney - 1793 - 516 halaman
...minds would fuffer them to acknowledge the truth of our text, they would cordially embrace it: for " there is that fcattereth, and yet " increafeth ; and...more than is meet, . but it tendeth to " poverty." But the benevolent and the avaricious man feparate from each othef upon the quefHon of fad : and until... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1794 - 508 halaman
...crowns with his 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... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1795 - 638 halaman
...have found 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... | |
 | William Bromley Cadogan - 1796 - 112 halaman
...more, they ( 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... | |
 | Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1802 - 592 halaman
...augmented, their property ? No, " he that giveth to the poor," fays the wife man, " mall not lack." " There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth; and...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... | |
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There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 
