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

For as God made this, so made he that also, after his manner and custom.

For as God made this, so made hee that also, after his manner and custome.

HE fetcheth all our cogitations to god, ⟨p. 121⟩and pulleth them from the things of this world.¹ God (saith he) made all these things, the good day aswell as the bad: he joineth the good luck by the evil, and that after his usage & custom, (where again there is an hebrew phrase in this word Dabar, as was before in the third chapter, and in the Psalm, according to the order of Melchizedek) that is, as it is written and said of him, according to his manner, as he was wont: this consider thou, then shalt thou easily overcome all temptations. But we are either drowned altogether in prosperity or adversity. But when the godly see the intercourse of good and evil, they say, this is Gods order or usage, and are overcome of neither.

HE fetcheth all our cogitations to god, ⟨p. 121⟩and pulleth them from the things of this worlde.¹ God (saith he) made all these thinges, the good day aswell as the badde: he ioyneth the good lucke by the euill, and that after his vsage & custome, (where againe there is an hebrew phrase in this worde Dabar, as was before in ye third chapiter, and in the Psalme, according to the order of Melchisedech) that is, as it is writtē and sayd of hym, according to his manner, as he was wonte: this consider thou, then shalt thou easely ouercome all temptations. But we are eyther drowned altogether in prosperitie or aduersitie. But when the godly sée the entercourse of good and euill, they saye, thys is Gods order or vsage, and are ouercommed of neyther.