...Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, — then shalt thou call and the Lord shall answer. If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy...shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness shall be as the noon day." Isaiah Iviii. ß — 12. Finally, my brethren, if you thus return to the...

...recompense proper thereto : for, ' He that giveth to the poor shall not lack,' saith the wise man. ' If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light arise in obscurity,' &c. Thriving in wealth and estate is another special reward : for, ' The liberal...

...recompense proper thereto : for, ' He that giveth to the poor shall not lack,' saith the wise man. ' If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then shall thy light arise in obscurity,' &c. Thriving in wealth and estate is another special reward : for, ' The liberal...

...draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light arise out of obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day. And...and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not," &c. ' Here is the practice of the true fast the Lord requires of his people ; and to them that observe...

...and the Lord shall answer : thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. — If [when thou fastest] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy...continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make thy bones fat : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail...

...in it, this fast is kept ; and he that believeth in the light, abides not in darkness. And again, " The Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy...and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not." Isa. Iviii. 11. These are they that are guided with the light, which comes from Christ where the springs...

...the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day : 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy...and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like of water, whose waters fail not. 12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places:...

...If thou loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burthen, and let the oppressed go free, &c. if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy...afflicted soul, then shall thy light rise in obscurity.' But what will become of such that do oppress and lay their burthens, and afflict the just ? Their light...

...take away from the midst of thee the yokes, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity ; and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall thy light arise out of obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day. And the Lord shall guide thee continually,...

...take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speakiiig vanity; and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy...and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not." So that giving to the poor is the way to receive spiritual blessings, is manifest by Psalm cxii. 4,...