...This, too, my friends is a return ta God, which mall itfelf be fully repaid. For he that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the Lord, and that which he hath given, will he pay him again. APPENDIX. ABSTRACT Of THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY IN SCOTLAND FOR PROPAGATING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,...

...commandment keepeth his own foul ; but he that defpifeth his ways fhall die. 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord ; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. 18 Chaften thy fon while there is hope, and let not thy foul fpare for his crying. 1 9 A man of great...

...evil for good, evil (hall not depart " from his houfe. He that hath pity upon the " poor, lendeth to the Lord ; and that which ** he hath given, will he pay him aga\n.— A «< falfe witnefs mall not be unpunifhed ; and «« he that fpcaketh lies, fhall perifli....

...meet, but it tendeth to poverty." We might begin our remarks by obferving with Solomon himfelf, that " he that hath pity " on the poor, lendeth unto the...that which he hath given, will he pay him " again :"* we might alfo add, that he who had improved his talent, not he who had buried it, was to receive...

...Ver. 248.] This fentiment is not at all in Homer, but front Proverbs, xix. 17. "He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth " unto the Lord ; and that, which he hath, given, will he pay him " again." Ver. 249.] It were eafy to fhun thefe wretched rhymes; thus j With food fupply'd, the wearied ftranger...

...compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? 1 St. John iii. [17]. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord ; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. Prov. xix. [17]. Blessed is he that considereth the poor : the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble....

...light upon, as well a,s to enforce, the two following propofitions : — " He, that haih pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the Lord; — and that, which he hath given, will he рду him again" : with a view, not only to the particular charily which we are aflembled to promote...

...they do not believe the blessed God, when he says to them, " He that hath pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord, and that which he hath given will He pay him again." Alas! many are at immense pains to avoid giving what may be fairly expected from them ; and, while...

...%' o^tyrj tt, piAu n. Lib. vi. v. 207. with that of Proverbs xix. 17. " He that hath pity upon tha " poor, lendeth unto the Lord ; and that which he hath «' given, will he pay him again." " It is fcarcely poflible," te continues, " for any thing to be more different (than the " two fentiments.)...

...poor, the Lord will rcmembtr him in the day of trouble**. He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth to the Lord, and that which he hath given, will he pay him again^-^. And we should shew them, by our own practice, that we verily believe these promises to be true, and...