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John Trapp on Proverbs 22:9

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Proverbs22:9

Verſ. 9. Hee that hath a bountiful eye ſhall bee bleſſed] How Amalec the licking people (as the name imports) I mean the Nation of Uſurers and proud lenders ſhall ſpeed, hath been ſpoken already. Now on the other ſide, the bountiful eye, the cheerful giver (as the Septuagint, and after them St. Paul, render, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Sept. or rather expound this Text) ſhall bee abundantly bleſſed; for hee gives with all his heart, hee draws out, not his ſheaf onely, but his ſoul to the hungry, Iſa. 58. Dat bene, dat multum, quia dat cum munere vultum, hee ſpares it out of his own belly to give to the hungry, as ſome have here gathered from the word, his bread, that which was appointed for his own eating; hee voluntarily faſteth from a meal now and then, that hee may beſtow it upon the needy, and hee ſhall not loſe his reward.

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