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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.
For who knoweth what is good for man living in the days of his vain life, which is but a shadow? Or who will tell a man, what shall happen after him under the Sun?
For who knoweth what is good for mā liuing in the dayes of his vaine lyfe, which is but a shadow? Or who will tell a man, what shall happen after him vnder the Sonne?
That is, no man knoweth what is good for him in this life. They know not ⟨image 107⟩how to enjoy their goods,1 nor how to settle and quiet their mind. Mens devises are variable. One seeketh for rule, another for riches, and yet they know not, whether they shall have. They enjoy neither the things they have, nor those they wish. Only they desire that commodity and felicity, that they neither have nor see. This is a general conclusion upon all men. None knoweth what is meet and convenient for him. So Cicero and Demosthenes, when they had written much of a common weal, and would have set the same forward with their devises, they most unluckily governed the same. The monks also and Papists would rule all the world, & lo they seduce it, & drown it in grievous dangers & deep darkness.
THat is, no mā knoweth what is good for him in this lyfe. They know not ⟨image 107⟩how to enioye their goodes,1 nor howe to settle and quiet their mynde. Mens deuises are variable. One séeketh for rule, another for riches, and yet they know not, whether they shal haue. They enioy neither the thinges they haue, nor those they wishe. Onelye they desyre that cōmoditie and felicitie, that they neyther haue nor sée. This is a generall conclusion vpon al men. None knoweth what is méete and conuenient for him. So Cicero and Demosthenes, whē they had written much of a common weale, and would haue set ye same forward with their deuises, they most vnluckelie gouerned the same. The monkes also and Papistes would rule al the worlde, & lo they seduce it, & drowne it in greuous daungers & déepe darknes.