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 1 › What hath a man of all the labour he taketh under the Sun?Chapter 1 › What hath a man of all the labour he taketh vnder the Sunne?

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What hath a man of all the labour he taketh under the Sun?

What hath a man of all the labour he taketh vnder the Sunne?

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¹But vanity. That is to say: men are led and drowned with their own devises, and in all their enterprises what get they? naught else but vanity, because their labour is vain.

¹BVt vanitie. That is to say: men are led and drowned with their owne deuises, and in all their enterprises what get they? naught els but vanitie, because their labour is vayne.

1Mens devises and enterprises are vain.Mens deuises and enterprises are vaine.

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It availeth nothing. For they neither enjoy things present, nor absent, because their mind is not quiet, & so they are carried between heaven and earth, ⟨p. 12⟩and prevail nothing. For this word vanity properly signifieth that that we call nothing. They heap up treasures, riches, and seek to be of power. &c. And all these are nothing. Gold in deed is a thing, but to thee that canst not use it, it is nothing.

It auayleth nothing. For they neyther enioy things present, nor absent, because their mynde is not quiet, & so they are caryed betwéene heauen and earth, ⟨p. 12⟩

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The book

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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

What hath a man of all the labour he taketh under the Sun?

What hath a man of all the labour he taketh vnder the Sunne?

Under the Sun.

Vnder the Sunne.

One generation passeth away, and an other cometh, but the earth abideth, or endureth still.

One generation passeth away, and an other commeth, but the earth abydeth, or indureth still.

The sun riseth and goeth down, and returneth to his place again breathing, that he may rise up again. The wind goeth toward the South, and turneth to the North, fetcheth his compass, whirleth about, goeth forth, and returneth again to his circuits from whence he did come.

The sunne riseth and goeth down, and returneth to hys place agayne breathyng, that hee may rise vp agayn. The wynde goeth toward the South, and turneth to the North, fetcheth his compasse, whyrleth about, goeth forth, and returneth againe to his circuites from whence he dyd come.

And breathing again to his place.

And breathing againe to his place.

The wind whirleth and turneth about.

The wynde whyrleth and turneth about.

All floods run into the sea, and yet the sea runneth not over. The floods return to the place from whence they flowed, that they may from thence flow out again.

All flouds runne into the sea, and yet the sea runneth not ouer. The flouds returne to the place from whence they flowed, that they may from thence flow out agayne.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

What hath a man of all the labour he taketh under the Sun?

What hath a man of all the labour he taketh vnder the Sunne?

Under the Sun.

Vnder the Sunne.

One generation passeth away, and an other cometh, but the earth abideth, or endureth still.

One generation passeth away, and an other commeth, but the earth abydeth, or indureth still.

The sun riseth and goeth down, and returneth to his place again breathing, that he may rise up again. The wind goeth toward the South, and turneth to the North, fetcheth his compass, whirleth about, goeth forth, and returneth again to his circuits from whence he did come.

The sunne riseth and goeth down, and returneth to hys place agayne breathyng, that hee may rise vp agayn. The wynde goeth toward the South, and turneth to the North, fetcheth his compasse, whyrleth about, goeth forth, and returneth againe to his circuites from whence he dyd come.

And breathing again to his place.

And breathing againe to his place.

The wind whirleth and turneth about.

The wynde whyrleth and turneth about.

All floods run into the sea, and yet the sea runneth not over. The floods return to the place from whence they flowed, that they may from thence flow out again.

All flouds runne into the sea, and yet the sea runneth not ouer. The flouds returne to the place from whence they flowed, that they may from thence flow out agayne.