honour which will be rendered to him. The meaning is, that he is liberal; he freely scatters what he has; he divides it with those who are needy and unfortunate. One part of mankind have an overplus—have more than they need for themselves and their families—and that overplus is what is designed to meet the wants of the unfortunate, the weak, the aged, the imbecile, the infirm, who have not enough. It is the treasury of God—the reservoir where that is gathered which is to be distributed for the wants
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