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

Take heed to thy foot, when thou enterest into the house of God, and draw near to hear: for that is better then the Sacrifices of fools, ⟨image 76⟩for they know not how much hurt they do.

Take heede to thy foote, whē thou entrest into the house of God, and draw nere to heare: for that is better then the Sacrifices of fooles, ⟨image 76⟩for they know not how much hurt they doe.

¹Here do I begin the fifth Chapter, for it is a new place. By reading this book, it happeneth to the unwise, as unto the ungodly, through the preaching of the Gospel. For when these men hear the righteousness of faith and Christian liberty preached, and the righteousness of works denied, by and by they reply: let us then do no works, but let us sin on still, for faith is sufficient. Contrariwise, if works be preached as fruits of faith, straightway they attribute justification to them, & seek salvation in them. So alway these two things follow the word of God, presumption and desperation, so that it is an hard matter to hold the right way. The like falleth out by this book. The unwise when they hear this doctrine, that we ought to be quiet in hart and mind, and to commit all unto God, infer thus: If all things be in Gods hand and power, then will we not labour at all. Even as the other offend on the other side, in being too careful, ⟨p. 75⟩while they will moderate and rule all things after their own measure & devise. But we must all hold the straight way to do our diligence, and what we are able, according to the word of God, but not to measure our doings after our own devise, but to commit all the success of our doings to Gods wisdom.