 When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame,...  Bible Illustrations: Or, A Description of Manners and Customs Peculiar to ... - Page 116by Bourne Hall Draper - 1831 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1671 - 576 pages
...christian charity, is a sufficient incentive. And to that end it is urged as a motive to charity : " When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind ; and thou shalt be blessed ; for they cannot recompense thee : for thou shalt be recompensed... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - Clergy - 1737 - 198 pages
...makefl a Dinner ; call not thy Luke xlv. Friends, neither thy rich Neighbours, left they ii, &v. al/b bid thee again, and a Recompense be made thee : But when thou makefl a Raft, call the 'Poor, and thou jhalt be blejfed ; for they cannot recompenfe thee, but thou... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1757 - 496 pages
...eternal life and happinefs in the world to come. Luke xiv. 13, 14. " But when thou " makeft a feaft, call the poor, the maimed, the lame " and the blind: and thou fhalt be blefTed. For they " cannot recompenfe thee : for thou fhalt be recom" penfed at the refurre&ion... | |
 | Sermons - 1776 - 392 pages
...kinfmen, nor thy rich " neighbours; left they alfo bid thee again,and* " recompence be made thee: but call the poor, " the maimed, the lame, and the blind ; and " thou fhalt beblefled; for they cannot re,' compenfe thee ; for thou fhalt be recompen" fed at the refurretTbion... | |
 | Missions - 1807 - 672 pages
...he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil." And again, " When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy...thy rich neighbours, lest they also bid thee again, arid a recompense be made thee. But when llipti makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Apologetics - 1799 - 504 pages
...the guefts were probably perfons of fome diftin&ion, hefaid,(Lukexiv. 13) "When thou makeft a feaft, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind, and thou malt be blefled. For they cannot recompenfe thee, but thou (halt be recompenfed at the refurre&ion... | |
 | John Farrer - Parables - 1801 - 394 pages
...Equals, who were in .a capacity to return his hospitalities; When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy Friends nor thy Brethren, neither thy Kinsmen nor thy rich Neigh? hours; lest they also bid thee again, and Q recommence be made thee. But when thou tnakcst a... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...shall be exalted. 12 1 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy...neighbours ; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. 13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the... | |
 | Thomas Thirlwall - 1803 - 324 pages
...-shall be exalted." Then said-^he also to him that bade him, " When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call "not thy friends, nor. thy brethren^ neither...rich neighbours ; lest they ** also bid thee again j and a recompence be. m'ade th6e.;, .'But When thou makest a feas.t, " " call the poor, the maimed,... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...for no* thing again, and your reward shall be great ;" and to a particular person at another time, " When thou makest a feast, Call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind ; and thou shalt be blessed : for they cannot recompense thee ; for thou shall be recompensed... | |
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