Title page of An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowed, London, 1573

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An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowedAn exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed

Name: An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowed
Author: Martin Luther

An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowed.An exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed.

Martin Luther 1483–1546London: printed by John Daye, 1573London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1573

181 [i.e. 187] leaves · 71k words · STC 16979 · ESTC S105591

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Chapter 2 › I said in my hart, I will go, and and take my pleasure.Chapter 2 › I sayd in my hart, I will goe, and and take my pleasure.

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I said in my hart, I will go, and and take my pleasure.

I sayd in my hart, I will goe, and and take my pleasure.

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That is to say, I would have measured the matter, by rule and by order, but this was nothing but vanity. Here must we warn you again,¹ that you swerve not from the Theme, as Hierome did, which foolishly glorieth, that he learned out of this book, the contempt ⟨p. 30⟩of the world, and of all creatures, which afterward, the Monks and Sophisters imitated, being ignorant what thing it is to contemn the world, or what the world is. For this is the very way to teach men to contemn Gods creatures, and to forbid men the use of them, against the manifest words of holy Scripture.

THat is to say, I would haue measured the matter, by rule and by order, but this was nothing but vanitie. Here must we warne you againe,¹ that you swarue not from the Theame, as Hierome did, which foolishly glorieth, that he learned out of this booke, the contēpt ⟨p. 30⟩of the world, and of all creatures, which afterward, the Monkes and Sophisters imitated, being ignorant what thing it is to contemne the world, or what the world is. For this is ye very way to teach men to contemne Gods creatures, and to forbid mē the vse of them, against the manifest wordes of holy Scripture.

1The error of Hierome.The errour of Hierome.

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The book

Title as printed

An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowed.An exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed.

Author

Martin Luther 1483–1546

Place

London

Printer

John DayeIohn Daye

Year

1573

Size

181 [i.e. 187] leaves

Words

71,187

Catalogue

STC 16979 · ESTC S105591

Text

EEBO-TCP A06504

Passages

797

Sections

334

Title page

An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowedAn exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed

I said in my hart, I will go, and and take my pleasure.

I sayd in my hart, I will goe, and and take my pleasure.

I said unto the man given to laughter, thou art mad, and to the man given to mirth, what dost thou?

I sayd vnto the man geuē to laughter, thou art mad, and to the man geuen to mirth, what doost thou?

And I thought in mine hart to abstain from wine,¹ and to govern my hart wisely, and to comprehend foolishness, until I might perceive what was good for the children of men, to do under heaven as long as they lived.

And I thought in myne hart to absteine from wyne,¹ and to gouerne my hart wisely, and to comprehēd foolishnes, vntill I might perceaue what was good for the children of men, to doe vnder heauen as long as they lyued.

And to govern my hart wisely.

And to gouerne my hart wisely.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

I said in my hart, I will go, and and take my pleasure.

I sayd in my hart, I will goe, and and take my pleasure.

I said unto the man given to laughter, thou art mad, and to the man given to mirth, what dost thou?

I sayd vnto the man geuē to laughter, thou art mad, and to the man geuen to mirth, what doost thou?

And I thought in mine hart to abstain from wine,1 and to govern my hart wisely, and to comprehend foolishness, until I might perceive what was good for the children of men, to do under heaven as long as they lived.

And I thought in myne hart to absteine from wyne,1 and to gouerne my hart wisely, and to comprehēd foolishnes, vntill I might perceaue what was good for the children of men, to doe vnder heauen as long as they lyued.

And to govern my hart wisely.

And to gouerne my hart wisely.

And I thought in mine hart to abstain from wine,¹ and to govern my hart wisely, and to comprehend foolishness, until I might perceive what was good for the children of men, to do under heaven as long as they lived.

And I thought in myne hart to absteine from wyne,¹ and to gouerne my hart wisely, and to comprehēd foolishnes, vntill I might perceaue what was good for the children of men, to doe vnder heauen as long as they lyued.