 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 558 pages
...paradoxical words of Scripture are more than verified. " There is that scattereth and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." God assures us in his word that the surest method of ultimately securing the favourable judgments and... | |
 | Stephen Laidler, James William Massie - Converts - 1827 - 440 pages
...to him who loved you, and gave himself for you. There is that which scattereth and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. How much would you give to save one widow from the flames ? Oh ! if you had witnessed this sad exhibition... | |
 | Canonicus - Demonology - 1828 - 168 pages
...ignorant of the first principle of Orthodox benevolence, " there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty " ? Who will go to New Holland, to Borneo, to Ava 1 Who will take up his shivering abode among the... | |
 | 1828
...not. Then shall he say unto them, depart," &c. &c. " There is that scattereth, and yet increascth , and there is that withholdeth more than is meet; but it tendeth to eternal poverty." I have oniy to add my hope that the benevolence and liberality which ever characterize... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 356 pages
...blessing, all is childish and fantastical. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; und there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty."* If this were felt and understood as it ought, we should see less eagerness, rapacity and selfishness... | |
 | John Everitt Good - Sermon on the mount - 1829 - 692 pages
...moral world ! Ponder, my brethren, these Scriptures: " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty."* " Thou shalt surely give to thy brother, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto... | |
 | Ethics - 1829 - 258 pages
...liberality, and kindness lo the distressed : for " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." It is meet to be careful, but not covetous. A covetous man " is an idolater." No. 3)3.] TO-MORROW.... | |
 | John Bunyan, Robert Southey - 1830 - 562 pages
...have found by experience that I have gained thereby. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. There is that maTteth himself rich, yet hath nothing : there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 580 pages
...judgment." Yea, in this life it is oft observable that " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty '." Tit, 2. Directions for Works of Charity. Direct, i. ' Love God, and be renewed to his image;' and... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 608 pages
...they are paid doubly for it : Prov. xi. 24, 25. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be made fat ; and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." And Prov.... | |
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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. 
