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 3 › Because God requireth the things that are past.

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Because God requireth the things that are past.

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¹HE compareth (as I said before) gods doings and manners together with mans, by way of an Antithesis, or coū terpointing. Our study is to neglect and set light of the things we have, and to behold and wait for the things we shall have. But God pursueth the thing that is, and persevereth in his work, that the thing he doth, may be stable and constant. In like sort are the studies of those that are godly. This is it he would say. Even when man goeth about to let or hinder Gods work, yet God seeketh how to defend and maintain that work that man ⟨p. 57⟩goeth about to hinder and let. &c. God appointed David to be king: Absalom persecuted him, and went about to let it. But God again restored that that Absalom would have letted. The things that God appointeth are not so inconstant and fickle as mans devises. For God doth not abhor and loth his own counsels.

¹HE compareth (as I sayd before) gods doinges and maners togither wyth mans, by way of an Antithesis, or coū terpointing. Our study is to neglect and set light of the thinges we haue, and to beholde and waite for the things we shal haue. But God pursueth the thyng that is, and perseuereth in his worke, that ye thing he doth, may be stable and cōstant. In lyke sort are the studies of those that are godly. This is it he would say. Euē when man goeth about to let or hynder Gods worke, yet God séeketh how to defend and maintaine that worke that mā ⟨p. 57⟩

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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

Because God requireth the things that are past.

Moreover, I saw under the Sun, the place of judgement, where was wickedness, and the place of justice where was iniquity. And I thought in mine hart, God will judge the just and the wicked: for there is a time for every work & purpose.

Moreouer, I saw vnder the Sunne, the place of iudgemēt, where was wickednes, and the place of iustice wher was iniquitie. And I thought in myne hart, God will iudge the iust and the wicked: for there is a tyme for euery worke & purpose.

There is a time for every work and purpose.

There is a tyme for euery worke and purpose.

I considered in mine hart the state of the children of men, that God ⟨image 60⟩hath purged them: yet, to see to, they are in themselves as beasts. For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are even as one. As the one dyeth: so dyeth the other.

I considered in myne hart the state of the children of men, that God ⟨image 60⟩hath purged them: yet, to see to, they are in themselues as beastes. For the condition of the children of mē, and the cōdition of beastes are euen as one. As the one dyeth: so dyeth the other.

The state (or fashion) of the children of men.

For the condition of the children of men, and of beasts are all as one.

For the condition of the childrē of men, and of beastes are all as one.

As the beasts dye, so dye men.

As the beastes dye, so dye men.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

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Evangelicals36

Because God requireth the things that are past.

Moreover, I saw under the Sun, the place of judgement, where was wickedness, and the place of justice where was iniquity. And I thought in mine hart, God will judge the just and the wicked: for there is a time for every work & purpose.

Moreouer, I saw vnder the Sunne, the place of iudgemēt, where was wickednes, and the place of iustice wher was iniquitie. And I thought in myne hart, God will iudge the iust and the wicked: for there is a tyme for euery worke & purpose.

There is a time for every work and purpose.

There is a tyme for euery worke and purpose.

I considered in mine hart the state of the children of men, that God ⟨image 60⟩hath purged them: yet, to see to, they are in themselves as beasts. For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are even as one. As the one dyeth: so dyeth the other.

I considered in myne hart the state of the children of men, that God ⟨image 60⟩hath purged them: yet, to see to, they are in themselues as beastes. For the condition of the children of mē, and the cōdition of beastes are euen as one. As the one dyeth: so dyeth the other.

The state (or fashion) of the children of men.

For the condition of the children of men, and of beasts are all as one.

For the condition of the childrē of men, and of beastes are all as one.

As the beasts dye, so dye men.

As the beastes dye, so dye men.