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 9 › And anoint thy head with oil.Chapter 9 › And anoynt thy hed with oyle.

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And anoint thy head with oil.

And anoynt thy hed with oyle.

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That is,¹ use also the oils which God hath given thee. Again he speaketh according to the manner of the country, who set great price and delight in their ointments. This it is he saith▪ Thou livest in the middest of vanity: Enjoy therefore thy life, and destroy not thy self with indignation, put away sorrow out of thy mind. Thou canst not better mock and geek the world, then to laugh when it is angry. Let this be sufficient to thee that God is merciful to thee. For ⟨image 154⟩what is the malice of this world to be compared with the pleasantness that is in God. Neither doth he here persuade us to any voluptuous life, or to such riotousness, as they use which perceive not this vanity (for that were to add oil unto fire) but speaketh of the godly, which feel and have experience of the vexations and griefs of this world. These mens hearts goeth he about to cheer and rear up. These men counselleth he to be merry, not the froward and ungodly, which otherwise live in all manner of sensuality and voluptuousness. The same he meaneth where he saith:

THat is,¹ vse also the oyles which God hath geuen thée. Againe he speaketh according to the maner of the countreye, who set great pryce and delight in their oyntmentes. This it is he sayth Thou lyuest in the myddest of vanitie: Enioye therefore thy lyfe, and destroy not thy selfe with indignation, put away sorrow out of thy mynde. Thou canst not better mocke and geke ye worlde, then to laugh when it is angrye. Let this be sufficient to thée that God is mercyfull to thée. For

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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

And anoint thy head with oil.

And anoynt thy hed with oyle.

Rejoice with the wife whom thou hast loved all the days of the life of thy vanity, which God hath given thee under the Sun, all the days of thy vanity. For this is thy portion in the life, and in thy travel wherein thou labourest under the Sun.

Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the lyfe of thy vanitie, which God hath geuen thee vnder the Sunne, all the dayes of thy vanitie. For this is thy portion in the lyfe, and in thy trauell wherein thou labourest vnder the Sunne.

All that thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy power: for there is neither work, nor invention, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whether thou goest.

All that thyne hand shall finde to doe, doe wyth all thy power: for there is neyther worke, nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisdome in the graue whether thou goest.

For in the grave there is no work.

For in the graue there is no worke.

And I turned me unto other things done under the sun, and I saw that in running, it helpeth not to be swift, in battle not to be strong, to get living, not to be careful, to get riches not to be wise, to be had in favour, it helpeth not to be cunning, but that all lieth in time and fortune.

And I turned me vnto other things done vnder the sunne, and I sawe that in rūning, it helpeth not to be swifte, in battell not to be strong, to get liuing, not to be carefull, to get riches not to be wise, to be had in fauour, it helpeth not to be cunning, but that all lyeth in tyme and fortune.

To be had in favour it helpeth not to be cunning.

To be had in fauour it helpeth not to be cunning.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

And anoint thy head with oil.

And anoynt thy hed with oyle.

Rejoice with the wife whom thou hast loved all the days of the life of thy vanity, which God hath given thee under the Sun, all the days of thy vanity. For this is thy portion in the life, and in thy travel wherein thou labourest under the Sun.

Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the lyfe of thy vanitie, which God hath geuen thee vnder the Sunne, all the dayes of thy vanitie. For this is thy portion in the lyfe, and in thy trauell wherein thou labourest vnder the Sunne.

All that thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy power: for there is neither work, nor invention, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whether thou goest.

All that thyne hand shall finde to doe, doe wyth all thy power: for there is neyther worke, nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisdome in the graue whether thou goest.

For in the grave there is no work.

For in the graue there is no worke.

And I turned me unto other things done under the sun, and I saw that in running, it helpeth not to be swift, in battle not to be strong, to get living, not to be careful, to get riches not to be wise, to be had in favour, it helpeth not to be cunning, but that all lieth in time and fortune.

And I turned me vnto other things done vnder the sunne, and I sawe that in rūning, it helpeth not to be swifte, in battell not to be strong, to get liuing, not to be carefull, to get riches not to be wise, to be had in fauour, it helpeth not to be cunning, but that all lyeth in tyme and fortune.

To be had in favour it helpeth not to be cunning.

To be had in fauour it helpeth not to be cunning.