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The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham,…
The works of the reverend and faithful servant of Jesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: revised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as love the truth, and desire to know the power of godliness. By H.H.The workes of the reuerend and faithfull seruant af Iesus Christ M. Richard Greenham, minister and preacher of the Word of God collected into one volume: reuised, corrected, and published, for the further building of all such as loue the truth, and desire to know the power of godlinesse. By H.H.
London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for William Welby, 1612London: printed by Thomas Snodham and Thomas Creede for VVilliam VVelby, 1612
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8 Such as do take liberty by Solomons example, let them consider it well. He was in the prime of his youth well disposed and wise, but having past to riper years, he grew vain and dissolute Then by Gods free mercy, he became a sorrowful man in his age. And he made himself a public penitentiary, leaving his Ecclesiastes as a monument of his folly: and it may well be called his book of Retractations. This is Solomons experimental conclusion: All is vanity and vexation of mind. This he tried, when he had gone1 through all things he was fame to return to that wherewith he began. His book confuteth all Pagans best moral wisdom. He wanted nothing, he had experience of all kinds of blessings that may be found on earth. Yet after long experience he found no true joy in any thing on earth. The wise men of this age would say: he was too sad, or of a melancholic humour, and could not use things well. But himself answereth the folly of such, chap 6 None could have more joy, nor so much pleasure in them, as he had: yet he found in conclusion nothing in them but vanity and vexation of mind.
8 Such as doe take libertie by Salomons example, let them consider it well. He was in the prime of his youth well disposed and wise, but hauing past to riper yeeres, he grew vaine and dissolute Then by Gods free mercie, he became a sorrowfull man in his age. And he made himselfe a publike penitentarie, leauing his Ecclesiastes as a monument of his follie: and it may well be called his booke of Retractations. This is Salomons experimentall conclusion: All is vanitie and vexation of minde. This he tried, when he had gone1 through all things he was fame to returne to that wherewith he began. His booke confuteth all Pagans best morall wisedome. He wanted nothing, he had experience of all kinds of blessings that may be found on earth. Yet after long experience he found no true ioy in any thing on earth. The wise men of this age would say: he was too sad, or of a melancholike humour, and could not vse things well. But himselfe answereth the follie of such, chap 6 None could haue more ioy, nor so much pleasure in them, as he had: yet he found in conclusion nothing in them but vanitie and vexation of minde.
- 1Tria bonorum genera.