...the Lord, To make empty the soul of the hungry, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. The instruments also of the churl are evil: He deviseth...liberal things; And by liberal things shall he stand. Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, Ye careless daughters ; give ear unto my speech....

...honour, " to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ," 1 Pet. ii. 5. MAY 15. — The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand [or be established.] — Isa. xxxii. 8. We all, naturally, act from selfish principles, and with mercenary...

...•will show his iniquity by hin practice, his profane-ness against God, ^ and his cruelty to man. The instruments also of the churl [are] evil : he...with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right ; he willßnd some •wicked men to bt active in his evil designs, and by specious pre8 tenets destroy...

...profaneness against God, 7 and his cruelty to man. The instruments also of the churl [are] evil : he deyiseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right ; he will find some wicked men to be active in his evil designs, and by specious pre8 fences destroy...

...Eccl. xi. 1. Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days. Isa. xxxii. 8. The liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand. lviii. G. Is not this the fast that I have chosen (saith the Lord ?) Ver. 7. To deal thy bread to the...

...vile person shall be no more called liberal•, nor the churl said to be bountiful ;" and, verse 8. " But the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." (5) It will be a time of excellent order in the church of Christ. The true government and discipline...

...xxxii. 5 and 8. " The vile person shall no more be called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. But the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand." To promote a reformation, with respect to all sorts of duties, among a professing people, one proper...

...MENTAL PLEASURE AND SOCIAL ENJOYMENT. — The good man shall be satisfied from himself, Prov. xiv. 14. The liberal deviseth liberal things and by liberal things shall he stand, , Isa. xxxii. 8. He that watereth shall be watered also himself, Prov. xi. 25. X. COVETOUSNESS is DEGRADING...

...prudence, might challenge each other to do what is right, remembering the words of the prophet : " The liberal deviseth liberal things,' and by liberal things shall he stand." Many papers in your Magazine have, in times past, referred to the low state of the churches; is it...

...to increase his own by I know not what methods under an appearance of right : " all the instruments of the churl are evil : he deviseth wicked devices...with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right :" thus we read, Isaiah xxxii. 7. And therefore we cannot sufficiently wonder that the Socinians deny...