Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 6:38

38 Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosome. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again.

To let us know how God favoureth Acts of Charity and Justice we shall observe, that there are no good Deeds, that God so rewardeth by Retaliation, as such which are the Products of these Habits, nor any Sins, which God so punisheth by way of Retaliations, as Sins contrary to these, especially such as are more eminently contrary. This Verse speaks of Acts of Charity. Give, and it shall be given to you, and that not bare measure, but good Measure, Pressed down, and shaken together, and running over; nothing can more Concur to make good Measure, than the shaking of the Bushel, the Crouding and Pressing down of the Corn, or Meal with the Hand, and the Pouring in till the Measure runneth over. So as that which is here promised, is a plentiful reward to Charitable and Merciful Actions, either from the Hand of God more Mediately, God stirring up others to be as kind to us as we are to others, or more immediately himself Blessing us by his inexpected Providential Dispensations; to this purpose are abundance of Scriptures, Deut. 24.19. Psal. 41.1, 2, 3. Prov. 11.25. and 28.27. 2 Cor. 9.6. If Men will not be so just, as to requite the good which their Brethren have done them, having it in their Power, yet God will be faithful to his Promises, and by his Providence take care, that those who have done Acts of Mercy, not in a meer Commiseration to Humane Condition, but in a just obedience to his Will, shall not lose by what they have done, they shall be rewarded fully and plentifully, finding again (tho it may be after many days) the Bread which they have cast upon the Waters, according to his command.

Marginal references: Prov. 19.17.; Mat. 7.2.