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 7 › All these things have I proved by wisdom, for I thought I would…: All these things have I proved by wisdom, for I thought I would be wise, but it went…Chapter 7 › All these thinges haue I proued by wysedome, for I thought I would…: All these thinges haue I proued by wysedome, for I thought I would be wise, but it wēt…

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All these things have I proved by wisdom, for I thought I would be wise, but it went the farther from me. It is far of. What may it be? And it is a profound deepness, Who can find it?

All these thinges haue I proued by wysedome, for I thought I would be wise, but it wēt the farther from me. It is farre of. What may it be? And it is a profounde deepenes, Who can finde it?

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¹HE allegeth his own experience declaring what heretofore hath happened unto him, while he went about to search these things. I instruct thee (saith he) by mine own example. I teach y• to leave of this precise wisdom, & that wisdom & a wise man be not all one. I was compelled to learn these things by experience, when I would go about to be wise, and bring all the world to be ruled by my straight laws. But nothing succeeded less. Therefore these two as I said are ⟨p. 129⟩necessary for the life of man, a lawmaker and a moderator of law, this one aswell as that other. Even as it is not enough for a wagoner to have good horses, and to know what way to go, unless he govern well his wagon in the way as he goeth. Therefore the law must have adjoined to it moderation, which will say thus. Thou hast done well to ordain such and such laws, and they must be observed, but things excepted, always to be excepted.

¹HE alleadgeth his owne experience declaring what heretofore hath happened vnto him, while he wente aboute to search these things. I instruct thée (saith he) by myne owne example. I teach y• to leaue of this precise wisdome, & that wisdome & a wise man be not all one. I was cōpelled to learne these things by experience, when I would go about to be wise, and bring all the worlde to be ruled by my straight lawes. But nothing succeded lesse. Therefore these two as I sayde are

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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

All these things have I proved by wisdom, for I thought I would be wise, but it went the farther from me. It is far of. What may it be? And it is a profound deepness, Who can find it?

All these thinges haue I proued by wysedome, for I thought I would be wise, but it wēt the farther from me. It is farre of. What may it be? And it is a profounde deepenes, Who can finde it?

¶It is a profound deepness. &c.

¶It is a profound deepenes. &c.

I applied my mind also unto knowledge, and to seek and search out science, wisdom and understanding, to know the foolishness of the ungodly, and the errors of doting fools.

I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and search out science, wysedome and vnderstanding, to know the foolishnes of the vngodly, and the errors of doting fooles.

And I find the woman more bitter then death, whose hart is as nets and snares, and her hands as bands. He that is good before God, shall be delivered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

And I finde the woman more bytter then death, whose hart is as nettes and snares, and her handes as bandes. He that is good before God, shall be deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Behold (saith the Preacher) this have I found, seeking one by one to find the count, & yet my soul seeketh, but I find it not. I have ⟨p. 132⟩found one man among a thousand, but a woman have I not found among them all.

Beholde (sayth the Preacher) thys haue I founde, seeking one by one to finde the count, & yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not. I haue ⟨p. 132⟩founde one man among a thousād, but a woman haue I not founde among them all.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

All these things have I proved by wisdom, for I thought I would be wise, but it went the farther from me. It is far of. What may it be? And it is a profound deepness, Who can find it?

All these thinges haue I proued by wysedome, for I thought I would be wise, but it wēt the farther from me. It is farre of. What may it be? And it is a profounde deepenes, Who can finde it?

¶It is a profound deepness. &c.

¶It is a profound deepenes. &c.

I applied my mind also unto knowledge, and to seek and search out science, wisdom and understanding, to know the foolishness of the ungodly, and the errors of doting fools.

I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and search out science, wysedome and vnderstanding, to know the foolishnes of the vngodly, and the errors of doting fooles.

And I find the woman more bitter then death, whose hart is as nets and snares, and her hands as bands. He that is good before God, shall be delivered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

And I finde the woman more bytter then death, whose hart is as nettes and snares, and her handes as bandes. He that is good before God, shall be deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Behold (saith the Preacher) this have I found, seeking one by one to find the count, & yet my soul seeketh, but I find it not. I have ⟨p. 132⟩found one man among a thousand, but a woman have I not found among them all.

Beholde (sayth the Preacher) thys haue I founde, seeking one by one to finde the count, & yet my soule seeketh, but I finde it not. I haue ⟨p. 132⟩founde one man among a thousād, but a woman haue I not founde among them all.