 | Thomas Boston - 1755 - 318 halaman
...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... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 halaman
...met with in 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,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1775 - 456 halaman
...have found by experience, that I have gained thereby. There is that fcattereth, and yet increafeth ; and there is 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
...lendeth, and 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.... | |
 | 1788 - 598 halaman
...good : but 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... | |
 | John Disney - 1793 - 516 halaman
...of our text, they would cordially embrace it: for " there is that fcattereth, and yet " increafeth ; and there is that with-holdeth " 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... | |
 | Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - 374 halaman
...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... | |
 | Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1802 - 592 halaman
...to the 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... | |
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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. 
