| Thomas Boston - 1755 - Počet stránok 318
...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... | |
| Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - Počet stránok 540
...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,... | |
| John Bunyan - 1775 - Počet stránok 456
...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,... | |
| William Penn - 1782 - Počet stránok 506
...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.... | |
| 1788 - Počet stránok 598
...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... | |
| John Bunyan - 1792 - Počet stránok 504
...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,... | |
| John Disney - 1793 - Počet stránok 516
...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... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1794 - Počet stránok 508
...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... | |
| William Bromley Cadogan - 1796 - Počet stránok 112
...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... | |
| Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - Počet stránok 374
...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... | |
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