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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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Therefore I see it is good for a man to eat and drink, and to be merry in all his travel that he taketh under the Sun, all the days of his life that God giveth him: for this is his portion. But this is the gift of God, when he hath given man riches and substance, and power to eat & drink his part thereof, and to rejoice in his labour.
Therefore I see it is good for a man to eate and drinke, and to be meary in all his trauell that he taketh vnder the Sun, all the dayes of his life that God geueth him: for this is his portiō. But this is the gift of God, when he hath geuen man ryches and substance, and power to eate & drinke his part therof, and to reioyce in his labour.
1This is the conclusion of all this book or disputation, declared also before in the second and third chapters. And here thou seest that Solomon doth not condemn riches, nor forbid us to get riches, either meat or drink, but calleth them the gifts of God, to teach us to cast our cares away, to look for all these things at gods hand by faith, and when God will: patiently ⟨p. 94⟩to take the loss of them, as Abraham gave his son unto God. Therefore riches must not be cast away: for God doth not give us them to that end, to cast them away, or to abstain from them, but rather to use and deal them to those that need. This sentence is the interpretation of the whole book, that Solomon forbiddeth all vain cares, that we should use things present merrily, being nothing careful for things to come, least we lose our present benefit and commodity.