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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
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.
London: printed by John Daye, 1573London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1573
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A time to slay, and a time to heal: a time to break down, & a time to build, a time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance: a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones: a time to embrace, & a time to abstain from embracing: a time to seek, and a time to lose: a time to keep, and a time to cast away: a time to reap, and a time to sow: a time to keep silence, and a time to speak: a time to love, & a time to hate: a time of war, and a time of peace.
A tyme to slea, and a time to heale: a time to breake downe, & a time to buylde, a tyme to weepe, and a tyme to laughe: a time to mourne, and a tyme to daunce: a tyme to cast away stones, and a tyme to gather stones: a tyme to embrace, & a tyme to absteine frō embracyng: a time to seeke, and a tyme to lose: a tyme to keepe, and a tyme to cast away: a tyme to reape, and a tyme to sow: a tyme to keepe silence, and a tyme to speake: a tyme to loue, & a time to hate: a time of warre, and a tyme of peace.
TO this roll belongeth experience to be applied to the whole course of mans life. For here it cometh to pass,1 that one soweth, another reapeth, one gathereth together, an other wasteth and spendeth. To be brief. Every work of mans life ⟨image 54⟩hath his appointed season out of the which what soever man doth, he laboureth in vain & prevaileth not. There is a time to weep, & a time to laugh. Many times it chanceth that when we mean to be merryest, some great trouble marreth all. Therefore mirth hath also her time and season. Experience teacheth us all these things, that we (I say) can do nothing according to our appointments, but as time serveth us to do them. Therefore let us not trouble our selves about things to come, but use things present.