Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 11:3

3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth : and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north; in the place where the tree falleth there it shall be .

Learn, O man, the practice of liberality from the very lifeless Creatures, from the Clouds; which when they are filled with water, do not hoard it up, or keep it to themselves, but plentifully pour it forth for the refreshment both of the fruitful field and of the barren wilderness.

These words contain either 1. An Argument to persuade Men to Charity, because they must shortly fall or die, and then all opportunity of being charitable will be lost, and they must expect certainly and eternally to reap whatsoever they have sown, whether it hath been Mercy or Unmercifulness. Or rather 2. An Answer to a common Objection against it, because we are not certain whether the person who desires our Charity doth really need it, or be worthy of it. To this he answers, As a Tree when it falls, either by the violence of the wind, or being cut down by its owners order, it is not considerable whether it falls Southward or Northward, for there it lies ready for the Masters use; so thy Charity, though it may possibly be misapplied by thee, or abused by the Receiver, yet being conscientiously given by thee, it shall assuredly return to thee, and thou shalt reap the fruit of it.