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 8 › Therefore I praised mirth & gladness because a man hath no better th…: Therefore I praised mirth & gladness because a man hath no better thing under the sonne,…Chapter 8 › Therefore I praysed myrth & gladnes because a man hath no better th…: Therefore I praysed myrth & gladnes because a man hath no better thing vnder the sonne,…

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Therefore I praised mirth & gladness because a man hath no better thing under the sun, then to eat and drink, & to rejoice. For this ⟨p. 143⟩is all he hath of his labour, all the days of his life, that God giveth him under the Sun.

Therefore I praysed myrth & gladnes because a man hath no better thing vnder the sonne, then to eate and drinke, & to reioyce. For this ⟨p. 143⟩is all he hath of his labour, all the dayes of his lyfe, that God geueth him vnder the Sunne.

:557p. 143

This is a repetition but very necessary, because he had declared so many sorrowful things,¹ that he might seem to have forgotten his purpose. The world is unkind, looking ever an other way. It loatheth things present, although they be good. It suffereth to toil and weary thy self, and despiseth and persecuteth thee. Therefore mock thou the world as it mocketh thee. Do thine endeavour and duty, and let go cares and sorrowfulness. Be of good cheer & merry, knowing that the world useth not to reward & consider the good.

THis is a repetition but very necessary, because he had declared so many sorrowfull thinges,¹ that he might séeme to haue forgottē his purpose. The world is vnkinde, looking euer an other way. It lotheth things present, although they be good. It suffereth to toyle and weary thy selfe, and despiseth and persecuteth thée. Therefore mocke thou the worlde as it mocketh thée. Dooe thine endeuour and duety, and let goe cares and sorrowfulnes. Be of good cheare & meary, knowing that the world vseth not to rewarde & consider the good.

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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

Therefore I praised mirth & gladness because a man hath no better thing under the sun, then to eat and drink, & to rejoice. For this ⟨p. 143⟩is all he hath of his labour, all the days of his life, that God giveth him under the Sun.

Therefore I praysed myrth & gladnes because a man hath no better thing vnder the sonne, then to eate and drinke, & to reioyce. For this ⟨p. 143⟩is all he hath of his labour, all the dayes of his lyfe, that God geueth him vnder the Sunne.

And I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to behold the business that is done on the earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleep.

And I applyed my mynde to know wisedome, and to beholde the busines that is done on the earth, that neyther daye nor night the eyes of man take sleepe.

Then I considered all the works of God, how man can not find out the work that is wrought under the Sun. But the more he laboureth to search it, the less he findeth, yea and although he think himself wise enough, yet he can not find it.

Then I consydered all the workes of God, how man can not fynd out the worke that is wrought vnder the Sun. But the more he laboureth to searche it, the lesse he findeth, yea and although he thinke himself wise inough, yet he can not finde it.

The nineth Chapter.

The nineth Chapiter.

All these things I cast in mine hart to understand. There are righteous ⟨image 148⟩men and wise, whose servants are in the hand of God, and yet no man knoweth the love or the hatred of that that is before him.

All these thinges I cast in mine hart to vnderstand. There are righteous ⟨image 148⟩men and wise, whose seruaunts are in the hand of God, and yet no mā knoweth the loue or the hatred of that that is before him.

And yet no man knoweth whether he is loved or hated.

And yet no man knoweth whether he is loued or hated.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Therefore I praised mirth & gladness because a man hath no better thing under the sun, then to eat and drink, & to rejoice. For this ⟨p. 143⟩is all he hath of his labour, all the days of his life, that God giveth him under the Sun.

Therefore I praysed myrth & gladnes because a man hath no better thing vnder the sonne, then to eate and drinke, & to reioyce. For this ⟨p. 143⟩is all he hath of his labour, all the dayes of his lyfe, that God geueth him vnder the Sunne.

And I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to behold the business that is done on the earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleep.

And I applyed my mynde to know wisedome, and to beholde the busines that is done on the earth, that neyther daye nor night the eyes of man take sleepe.

Then I considered all the works of God, how man can not find out the work that is wrought under the Sun. But the more he laboureth to search it, the less he findeth, yea and although he think himself wise enough, yet he can not find it.

Then I consydered all the workes of God, how man can not fynd out the worke that is wrought vnder the Sun. But the more he laboureth to searche it, the lesse he findeth, yea and although he thinke himself wise inough, yet he can not finde it.

The nineth Chapter.

The nineth Chapiter.

All these things I cast in mine hart to understand. There are righteous ⟨image 148⟩men and wise, whose servants are in the hand of God, and yet no man knoweth the love or the hatred of that that is before him.

All these thinges I cast in mine hart to vnderstand. There are righteous ⟨image 148⟩men and wise, whose seruaunts are in the hand of God, and yet no mā knoweth the loue or the hatred of that that is before him.

And yet no man knoweth whether he is loved or hated.

And yet no man knoweth whether he is loued or hated.