Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 11:6

6 In the morning sow thy seed , and in the evening with-hold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper , either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good .

Early and late, in all seasons and occasions, do it speedily and continually, be not weary of it.

Do all good works, and especially that of Alms-giving, as sowing is understood, 2 Cor. 9. 6. Gal. 6. 7.

Early and late, in all seasons and occasions, do it speedily and continually, be not weary of it.

From working or giving.

Which shall prosper most, as the next clause explains it; the positive Degree being put for the comparative, or the Superlative, which is not unusual in the Hebrew Text. Which shall best answer thine end, or do most good to others, or which shall tend most to the comfort of thy great and last account: for thy Morning-Alms may possibly be given to an unworthy person, or to one who did not need it, and will abuse it, and thy Evening-Alms may fall upon a person of eminent worth, yea, upon an Angel in humane shape, which is remembred as a motive to Hospitality, Heb. 13. 2. or upon one in extream necessity, who might possibly have perished both in Soul and Body, if thou hadst not comforted and relieved him: Or, one time thou maist give with more sincere Intention, and with more tender compassion than another time, and so one will be more right and more acceptable to God than the other

Equally successful to the receiver, or to the giver.

Marginal references: Heb. shall be right.