...stank, while that which was gathered daily was sweet food. This Paul applies to Providence, " He that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack." Let there be an equality, says Paul, in your contributions, not one eased, and another burthened. Some...

...of old, some more, some less, l^DK "'S1? B^K « every man according to his appetite,' yet he that " gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack," Exod. xvi. 16 — 18. ; so is every one in sincerity, according to his own ability, to endeavour the...

...his tents. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the...

...brethren, without seeing a similarity betwixt them and what the apostle alludes to, when he says, " He that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack." But when we turn our eyes to the religious world, in the preterit day, what do we behold ? An intimate...

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...a greater quantity than sufficed for their immediate need or use freely gave the overplus to those who had not enough. " So that he who gathered much...and he that gathered little had no lack." In this sense the words are understood by the Apostle. 2 Cor. viii. 14, 15. who uses the passage as an apt...

...for them, and in such a measure as is best adapted for each, as was the case with the manna; "He that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack." Neither envy of others, nor undue anxiety for ourselves, must have a place in this petition: but it...

...of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some Itss. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered every man according to his eating. And Moses said, let ' no man leave of it till the...

...particular view of it, happiness has been beautifully compared to the manna in the desert, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; therefore, to diminish envy, let us 'consider not what others possess, but what they enjoy ; mere...

...And when they did mete it,' it happened with their means of daily bread as with the manna : ' he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.' The ' estimated reasonable expenses' of each claimant...