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

¹HE speaketh not of that that shall happen after this life, but what is like shortly after to follow the use of things present. There no man knoweth what is to come, whether Antony shall live or not, whether Brutus and Cassius shall have the victory or not, when Julius came ⟨p. 105⟩to be Emperor, he devised how to establish and make sure the kingdom to him and his, but he perished in the middest of his cogitations, why then so trouble we our selves with such thoughts, seeing things to come be at no time in our appointing and power? Let us therefore be content with things present, and commit our selves to the hands of God, who alone hath known, and doth know to rule and govern both things passed, and things to come.

¹HE speaketh not of that that shal happen after this lyfe, but what is lyke shortly after to follow the vse of thinges present. There no man knoweth what is to come, whether Antony shall lyue or not, whether Brutus and Callius shal haue the victorie or not, whē Iulius came ⟨p. 105⟩to be Emperour, he deuised how to establish and make sure the kingdome to him and his, but he perished in the myddest of his cogitations, why then so trouble we our selues with such thoughtes, seing thinges to come be at no tyme in our appointing and power? Let vs therefore be content with things present, and commit our selues to the handes of God, who alone hath knowen, and doth knowe to rule and gouerne both things passed, and thinges to come.