 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he 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 : for God loveth a cheerful...  The Works of President Edwards - Page 400by Jonathan Edwards - 1817Full view - About this book
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...and he which soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he pur- 7 poseth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : " For God loveth a cheerful giver." And God is able to make ail grace 8 abound toward you ; that ye, always having... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1829 - 590 pages
...: and he which soweth bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purporeth in his heart so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity ; for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound towards you ; that ye always having... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 602 pages
...shall not be grieved." God looks at the heart, and the hand is not accepted without it: 2 Cor. ix. 7. "Every man according as he hath purposed in his heart,...man to be kind and bountiful to the poor, but our boundeu duty, as much a duty as it is to pray, or to attend public worship, or any thing else whatever... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 554 pages
...sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give, not grudgingly, or of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver;" 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7. " To do good, and communicate, forget not, for with such... | |
 | Religion - 1830 - 580 pages
...him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" (1 John iii. 17.) "Every man, according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly or of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver." — (2 Cor. ix. 7.) One day, opening this box, he found in it a sum of about... | |
 | 1830 - 586 pages
...and he which sewetli bountifully, shall reap also bountifully. Every man according .. he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound towards you ; that ye always having... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 558 pages
...sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give, not grudgingly, or of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver;" 2 Cor. ix. 6, 7. " To do good, and communicate, forget not, for with such... | |
 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...ostentation. We should give cheerfully. " Every man," saith the Scripture, " according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver." And again, "he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness." Of great importance... | |
 | British preacher - 1832 - 342 pages
...treasury of the Lord. The apostles urged the same principle. " Every one," says Paul, " as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give, not grudgingly or of necessity ; for God loveth a cheerful giver." And, says John, " Whoso seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 908 pages
...and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity ; for God loveth a cheerful giver. Here the apostle comes to direct the Corinthians how and after what manner... | |
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