Corfe Castle.
This passage alludes doubtless to the tithe of the parson, and maintains
that the tithe-payer is no loser if the sermons for which tithe is paid
produce their effects. In fact, it is a paraphrase of _Proverbs_, iii.
9, 10.:
"Honour the Lord with all thy substance, and with the first
fruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with
plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine."