Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 9:7

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 .

Let not any give out of any awe of us, nor as it were forced by our Authority, but as God shall put it into his heart, and as he hath purposed in himself, and is inclined from himself, without any grudging, or unwillingness; not because he thinks he must give, but out of choice: for God loveth one that giveth with freedom and cheerfulness, not him that giveth as it were by constraint, or upon force; it is the Will and Affiction of the Giver, not the quantity of the gift that God looks at. The Apostle, by naming God and his acceptance in the case, lets the Corinthians know, that God was concerned in what they thus gave; it was not given to men only: according to that, He that hath pity on the poor, lendeth to the Lord, and that which he hath given, will he pay him again, Prov. 19.17.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 15.7. [illegible: 1 word] 11.25. [illegible: 1 word] 12.8.; Exod. 25.2. [illegible: 1 word] 5.