...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...

...this Figure may be 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,...

...to be kind, and 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,...

...fhews favour, and " 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....

...righteous is only 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...

...There is that fcattereth, yet iricreafeth; and there " is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it ct tendeth to poverty: there is that maketh himfelf " rich, yet hath nothing; there is that maketh him* c felf poor, yet hath great riches." Then Samuel whifpered to Chriftiana, his mother, and faid,...

...acknowledge the truth 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...

...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...

...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...

...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...