A brief exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…A briefe exposition with practicall observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…

Solomon having commended this wisdom (as strengthening the wise above many great friends in Court or City) where by a man neither maketh himself over-righteous, nor over-wicked, in this verse he giveth a reason of it, taken from the infirmity of the most righteous man upon Earth. As who should say, do not make your self over-righteous, so righteous as no fault to be found in you (as Ephraim did, Hos. 12.8.) For there is not a just man upon Earth, that doth good and sinneth not,

SOlomon having commended this wisdome (as strengthening the wise above many great friends in Court or City) where by a man neither maketh himself over-righteous, nor over-wicked, in this verse he giveth a reason of it, taken from the infirmity of the most righteous man upon Earth. As who should say, doe not make your selfe over-righteous, so righteous as no fault to be found in you (as Ephraim did, Hos. 12.8.) For there is not a just man upon Earth, that doth good and sinneth not,

Doct. 1. Perfection of righteousness, so as to do good, without sin, is not to be found in any man, no not in the best man upon the Earth, 1 Kings 8.46. Psal. 130.3, & 143, 2. Job. 9.3. and verse 30.31. Clothes defile, As testifying our sinful nakedness which was the cause of it, Gen. 3.7. The meaning of the doctrine is, First, That in many things (and in some things more then other) all men even the best men do sin, Jam. 3.2. either omitting good, or committing evil. Noah, Abraham, Lot, Moses, David, Peter. Secondly, That in all things in our best actions, we sin something.