 | William Paley - 1837 - 474 pages
...needs no other proof of this, than the consideration, that a brute would be as proper an object of * " He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly...which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully." 2 Cor. ix. 6. — " And that servant which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither... | |
 | Thomas Adam - 1837 - 440 pages
...more or less, when he shall arrive there, as he has more or less abounded in the work of the Lord. " He which soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly:...soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully." 2 Cor. ix. 6. 5. And when them prayest, tliou shall not be as the hypocrites are : for they love to... | |
 | John Pring - 1837 - 424 pages
...requires one part as well as the other. " Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap" (Gal.vi.7): " he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly...which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully" (Cor. II. ix. 6). If a man will devote his means, gifts and resources heartily and judiciously to any... | |
 | 1819 - 588 pages
...and to communicate, forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased ?" or such as this, " He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly;...which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully ?" or above all, such as this, " It is more blessed to give than to receive ?" What is the reason,... | |
 | 1837 - 404 pages
...scatter and yet increase. "But this I say," is the instructive lesson of inspiration on this point, " he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly,...which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly nor of necessity,... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1838 - 330 pages
...simplicity : he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness ; distributing to the necessity of saints. ' He which soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly,...which soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. Every man, according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give, not grudgingly or of necessity... | |
 | William Paley - 1838 - 562 pages
...difference, in the rewards we are to expect, proportioned to our different merit, 2 Cor. ix. 6: " This 1 say, he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly...which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully." These words are directly to our purpose. We are authorized to say, therefore, that there are passages... | |
 | 1838 - 790 pages
...scatter and yet increase. "But this I say," is the instructive lesson of inspiration on this point, " he which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly,...which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as ho purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly nor of necessity,... | |
 | David Abeel - 1838 - 260 pages
...poverty." " The liberal soul shall be made fat : and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." "He which soweth sparingly, shall reap also sparingly...soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully." " And God is able to make all grace abound toward you : that ye always having all sufficiency in all... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth (rector of Watton, Herts.) - 1838 - 604 pages
...up, but distributed for the good of others ; having given many charges to his stewards to be liberal. He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly,...which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. God loveth a cheerful giver. The same merciful spirit is seen in its actings towards those who have... | |
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Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 
