that it may yeeld unto you the increase] The way to be rich is to obey Gods command, though for the present it may seeme to tend to povertie; as to give a portion to seven, and also to eight, Ecclesiastes 11:2. that is, to many; though no more be to be expected of them, then by casting bread upon the waters, as in the precedent verse, to give plentifully, Luke 16:38. which in a way of charitie is not a casting away, but a sowing, which will be reaped in a plentifull increase as at the harvest, 2 Corinthians 9:6. to pay tithes freely, is more profitable for the giver, then for the receiver, Malachi 3:10. to cease from traffique, or questuous commerce upon the Sabbath, though worldlings account the Sabbath a great interruption to their profit, and cry out of it, as if on that day the Sunne proceeded a slower pace then on others, Amos 8:5. For to those that conscionably keepe that day, it is a day, not onely of glory to God, but of benefit to themselves; and that not onely spirituall to their soules, but also temporall in their estates; which, (if they religiously observe that day in the Sanctuary, and in their Families,) are like to prosper the better all the weeke after: so though the forbearing of the first three yeeres fruit seeme to be matter of damage, by Gods blessing upon their obedience, it shall turne to their advantage.