 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1829 - 590 pages
...pinching want. Agreeable to this is the advice that the wise man gives us, Eccles. xi. 1, 2. "Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon earth." Thou knowest... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 606 pages
...diligently, and sincerely, according to your power. Say not, ' I may come to want myself,' but " cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days ; give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth' ;" and... | |
 | Elhanan Winchester - Universalism - 1831 - 316 pages
...liberal, in distributing to the necessities of others what God has blessed us withal; saying, "cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...given will he pay him again." So that not only is the principal sale, but the interest Divine. "Cast thy bread' upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth." And... | |
 | Robert Sanderson - 1833 - 100 pages
...which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt." " Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth." " In... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 180 pages
...soul shall be made fat1 and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [Prov. xi. 24, 25. Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight 1 for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. [Eccles.... | |
 | Fayette Mace - 1838 - 132 pages
...Solomon, in the connection of the passage you have quoted, urged ths necessity of deeds of charity. " Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days" — " Give a portion to seven and als« to sight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth." We... | |
 | John Boulby - 1840 - 228 pages
...you may be washed by the blood of Jesus, and made clean by the cleansing Spirit of God. FEB. 26. Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. Eccles.... | |
 | Samuel Richard Bosanquet - Charities - 1841 - 440 pages
...communicate;' and that necessity still continues, for ' the poor shall never cease out of the land.' "1 " Cast thy bread upon the waters ; for thou shalt find it after many days. " Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. " He... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...the poor. — Prov. xxii. 9. He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack. — Prov. xxviii. 27. Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, &c. — Eccles. xi. 1, 2. Is not this the fast that I have chosen?... | |
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 
