...in us. SERMON SERMON XVI. A GENEROUS TEMPER CONGENIAL WITH NATURE AND REVELATION, PROVERBS XI. 24. THERE IS THAT SCATTERETH, AND YET INCREASETH ; AND...WITH-HOLDETH MORE THAN IS MEET, BUT IT TENDETH TO POVERTY. How little the wifdom of Solomon is known to the wretched Haves of avarice and parfimony, their principles...

...to be kind ; and have found by experience, that I have gained thereby. " There " is that scattereth, yet increaseth ; and there is that '• with-holdeth...poverty:" " There is that maketh himself rich, yet * Sol. Song. vi. i1. ill " hath nothing : there is that maketh himself poor, •* yet hath great riches1."...

...to him that giveth gifts. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrdwer is servant to the lender. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. VOL, I. BB He becometh "poor that dcaleth...

...to be kind ; and have found by experience, that I have gained thereby. " There is that scattereth, yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more...There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches." Then Samuel whispered to Christiana, his...

...ourselves, so far as we have need, and ready distribution unto the necessities of others, Prov. xi. 24, 25. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth. And...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul •hall be made fat : and he that watereth shall be watered himself. 8. By seeking...

...this way a great while ; nothing teaches like experience; I have learned of my Lord to be kind, and have found by experience, that I have gained thereby....There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing : there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches Then Samuel whispered to Christiana, his...

...tends not to our profit, but to our loss. The words of wise Solomon are applicable here, Prov. xi. 2 i. "There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.'1 7. To the grosser kinds of theft we must refer particularly "robbery," by which wicked men...

...the increase of our true riches. God is not unrighteous to forget our works . of piety and love. " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty." 3. The cost to which tine religion subjects us is too small to be...

...to be kind ; and have found by experience, that I have gained thereby. " There is that scattereth, yet increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth more...There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing : there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. "(a) Then Samuel whispered to Christiana,...

...also bountifully." Wisdom's words are verified, the liberal are blessed, and the miser is starved ; " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty." However, don't cut too close; nor act at your clipping feast like churlish Nabal, who kept a feast...