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 › Before the silver cord be taken away, and the golden Ewer broken.Chapter 12 › Before the siluer corde be taken away, and the golden Ewer broken.

Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.

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Before the silver cord be taken away, and the golden Ewer broken.

Before the siluer corde be taken away, and the golden Ewer broken.

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¹That is before thine eating and drinking slake, which is compared to a silver cord, and to a rundlet of gold, or wheel, or ring of gold. For as a wheel or circle runneth about and cometh to his circle again: So meat and drink always return, and are in deed like to a silver string, because our life hangeth, and dependeth on them.

¹THat is before thine eating and drinking slake, which is cōpared to a siluer corde, and to a rundlet of golde, or whéele, or ringe of golde. For as a whéele or circle runneth about and commeth to his circle againe: So meate and drinke alwaies returne, and are in déede lyke to a siluer string, because our lyfe hangeth, and dependeth on them.

1Nutriment, or food.Nutrimēt, or foode.

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Before the Pitcher be broken at the well, and the wheel at the Cistern

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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

Before the silver cord be taken away, and the golden Ewer broken.

Before the siluer corde be taken away, and the golden Ewer broken.

Before the Pitcher be broken at the well, and the wheel at the Cistern

Before the Pytcher be broken at the well, and the wheele at the Cesterne

And the dust return to the earth, as it was in the beginning.

And the dust returne to the earth, as it was in the beginning.

And the spirit return to God that gave it.

And the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

Vanity of vanities saith the Preacher, and all is but vanity.

Vanitie of vanities sayth the Preacher, and all is but vanitie.

This Preacher was not only wise, but also taught the people knowledge: he was very diligent, sought ⟨p. 184⟩forth and gathered together many Parables.

This Preacher was not onely wyse, but also taught the people knowledge: he was very diligent, sought ⟨p. 184⟩forth and gathered together many Parables.

He sought to find out pleasant words, and uprightly to write the word of trueth.

He sought to finde out pleasaunt wordes, and vprightly to write the worde of trueth.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Before the silver cord be taken away, and the golden Ewer broken.

Before the siluer corde be taken away, and the golden Ewer broken.

Before the Pitcher be broken at the well, and the wheel at the Cistern

Before the Pytcher be broken at the well, and the wheele at the Cesterne

And the dust return to the earth, as it was in the beginning.

And the dust returne to the earth, as it was in the beginning.

And the spirit return to God that gave it.

And the spirit returne to God that gaue it.

Vanity of vanities saith the Preacher, and all is but vanity.

Vanitie of vanities sayth the Preacher, and all is but vanitie.

This Preacher was not only wise, but also taught the people knowledge: he was very diligent, sought ⟨p. 184⟩forth and gathered together many Parables.

This Preacher was not onely wyse, but also taught the people knowledge: he was very diligent, sought ⟨p. 184⟩forth and gathered together many Parables.

He sought to find out pleasant words, and uprightly to write the word of trueth.

He sought to finde out pleasaunt wordes, and vprightly to write the worde of trueth.