...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."...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...unthrifty is that management, which in times of extreme scarcity^ withholds seed from the sower. " There is that " scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...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 him" self."* " He...

...upon himself, and charitably upon others; it will put him in mind of Solomon's observation, that " There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty," Prov. xi. -I. And how far the apprehension of that which he most endeavours to avoid may work upon...

...discretion. 23 The desire of the righteous M only good : but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. 26 He that...

...shall be given, good measure, pressed down and running over, will the \' Lord pour into your bosom. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. . III. To confine our operations at home is not the best 'method of increasing our own strength. There...

...maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing ; there is that maketh himself poor, and yet hath great riches11. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; and...withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall •Deut.xv.T — 11. ° Lev. xix. 9. >" Deut. xxiv. 19,20, 31. be made fat ;...