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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend upward, and the spirit of the beast descend downward unto the earth?
Who knoweth whether the spirite of man ascende vpwarde, and the spirite of the beast descend downward vnto the earth?
Tell me plainly (saith he) of one man,1 not of the godly, but of those that are under the sun, or in the world, which can affirm that the soul shall live after this life, considering he seeth the life of man and beast to differ in nothing. For as soon as their breath faileth them, they dye both. This no man knoweth. But in ⟨image 63⟩that we know it, we know it not as men, but as the sons of God, and above the sun, as who have our conversation in heavenly things, and belong unto heaven. In the world this knowledge is not, neither is there any peace, but all things come to pass as with beasts. There were in Greece most excellent wits, which yet never uttered any sound learning touching this matter. Lucian a man of a sharp and pleasant wit disputeth earnestly hereof, but scoffing only at the Philosophers opinions of the soul.
TEll me plainely (saith he) of one mā,1 not of the godly, but of those that are vnder the sunne, or in the world, which can affirme that the soule shall liue after this life, considering he séeth the lyfe of mā and beast to differre in nothing. For assoone as their breath faileth them, they dye both. This no man knoweth. But in