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 12 › Walk in the ways of thine hart,Chapter 12 › Walke in the wayes of thyne hart,

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Walk in the ways of thine hart,

Walke in the wayes of thyne hart,

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¹This place caused me to think that all this Chapter from the beginning was but a kind of derision and scorn, because if a man walk after the ways of his own hart, it is commonly taken in evil part. But we must stick to the argument and consequence of the text. This it is then that he saith: when thine hart is well taught and instructed, no joy or mirth shall be able to hurt it, so that it be lawful joy, and no such naughty and woeful mirth, as I spake of before.

¹THys place caused me to thinke that all this Chapiter from the beginning was but a kynde of derision and scorne, because if a man walke after the wayes of his owne hart, it is commōly taken in euill part. But we must sticke to the argument and consequēce of the text. This it is then that he sayth: when thine hart is well taught and enstructed, no ioy or myrth shall be able to hurt it, so that it be lawfull ioye, and no such naughty and wofull myrth, as I spake of before.

1We must enjoy the goods that God giveth us, with fear of the Lord.We must enioy the goods that God geueth vs, with feare of ye Lord.

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The book

Title as printed

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

Walk in the ways of thine hart,

Walke in the wayes of thyne hart,

Put away grief out of thine hart, and cause evil to depart from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Put away greefe out of thyne hart, and cause euill to depart from thy fleshe: for childehode and youth are vanitie.

Put away evil from thy flesh.

Put away euill from thy fleshe.

For childhood and youth. &c.

For childehode and youth. &c.

¶ Remember thy Creator now in thine youth, before the evil days come, & the years approach: where in thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

¶ Remember thy Creator now in thine youth, before the euell dayes come, & the yeares approch: where in thou shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them.

Whiles the sun is not dark, nor the light, nor the Moon, nor the Stars, nor the Clouds, return after the rain.

Whiles the sonne is not darke, nor the light, nor the Moone, nor the Starres, nor the Cloudes, returne after the rayne.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Walk in the ways of thine hart,

Walke in the wayes of thyne hart,

Put away grief out of thine hart, and cause evil to depart from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Put away greefe out of thyne hart, and cause euill to depart from thy fleshe: for childehode and youth are vanitie.

Put away evil from thy flesh.

Put away euill from thy fleshe.

For childhood and youth. &c.

For childehode and youth. &c.

¶ Remember thy Creator now in thine youth, before the evil days come, & the years approach: where in thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.

¶ Remember thy Creator now in thine youth, before the euell dayes come, & the yeares approch: where in thou shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them.

Whiles the sun is not dark, nor the light, nor the Moon, nor the Stars, nor the Clouds, return after the rain.

Whiles the sonne is not darke, nor the light, nor the Moone, nor the Starres, nor the Cloudes, returne after the rayne.