PcÇYS' 3. =s: £piriual : per fecïon. in Ternporals, As a Man fows fo he ffiag eap , both in the Recompences of Ju- ßlice, and the Rewards of Mercy : He that fows bountifully fhall reap bounti- fully. Charity is a produaive Grace, that enriches the giver more than the rèM ceiver. Honour the LordWith thy fib 9,to flànce, and the frfl fruits of thy increafe, ¡o ¡hall thy Barns be filled with plenty, and thy Prefes buril out with new Wine. He that gives to the Poor, lends to the Lord r He figns himfelf our Debtor for what is laid out for him, and he will pay it with ntertf} ; no only with Eternal Treà- fures hereafter, but in outward Bleffings here. Riches obtairfd by regular means, are the e fear and effuhons of his Boun- y ; but fometimes by admirable ways, he gives a prefent Reward, as by his own Hand. As there are' numerous Ex- amples of God's blafìing the Covetous, either by a gangrene in their Effaces, that confurnes them before their' Eyes, or by the Luxury and 'Profufenefs of their Children fo'tis as vifible he prof- pers the Merciful, fometimes by a fecret Blefing difpenfed by an invifible Hand, and fometimes in fucceeding their dili- gemEndeavours in their Callings> But 'ris objeEed, the Liberal are not F,lways profperous: To this a clear An- 'er' 41,0y betera
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