The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved

2. As for the other Metaphor of sowing, it is in Scripture applied to Alms-giving,¹ under this phrase, He hath dispersed. As the Husbandman disperseth his seed which he soweth in the earth; so doth the Alms-giver, his Alms, therefore this is added by way of exposition, He hath given to the poor. The Apostle also applieth unto Alms-giving this proverbial speech, He which soweth sparingly, shall reap sparingly; ²and he which soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. Now ⟨p. 303⟩what is it that ordinarily bringeth forth a greater increase than sowing seed in fertile ground? It is said of Isaac, that he sowed in the Land, ³and received in the same year an hundred-fold. And Christ saith, that good ground beareth fruit, some an hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, ⁴some thirty-fold. Now Alms-giving is one of those things that shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

2. As for the other Metaphor of sowing, it is in Scripture applied to Alms-giving,¹ under this phrase, Hee hath dispersed. As the Husbandman disperseth his seed which hee soweth in the earth; so doth the Alms-giver, his Alms, therefore this is added by way of exposition, Hee hath given to the poor. The Apostle also applieth unto Alms-giving this proverbial speech, Hee which soweth sparingly, shall reap sparingly; ²and hee which soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. Now ⟨p. 303⟩what is it that ordinarily bringeth forth a greater increase than sowing seed in fertile ground? It is said of Isaac, that hee sowed in the Land, ³