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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…
A brief exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that late pious and worthy divine, Mr. John Cotton ... ; published by Anthony Tuckney ...A briefe exposition with practicall observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that late pious and worthy divine, Mr. John Cotton ... ; published by Anthony Tuckney ...
London: printed by T.C. for Ralph Smith, 1654
A BRIEF EXPOSITION UPON ECCLESIASTES. › VerseA BRIEFE EXPOSITION UPON ECCLESIASTES. › Verse
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Reason 1. From the shame and indignity put upon him by his wives and Concubines, that were Idolaters, Pleading it seemeth liberty of conscience: whence he first granteth toleration, then countenance and assistance to their Idols, erecting Temples to them: whence Altars, Ornaments, Priest, and all upon mount Olivet, before the face of the Lord in his Temple, 1 Kings 11.7, 8. 2 Kings 23.13.
Reason 2. From the bitterness of sin, and that even above death, Jer. 2.19. Acts 8, 23. Deut. 32.32, 33. All the ingredients of bitterness are found in sin, which have made men bitterly to mourn as, First, The loss of the blessing of a heavenly Father, Gen. 27.34. a minori. Secondly, Cruel bondage, worse then Egyptian, Exod. 1.14. Thirdly, Bitter water causing the curse, Numb. 5.24. Yea sin is more bitter then death. As First, Being the death of the soul, Rom. 7.11. which is so much the more bitter then the death of the body, as the life of the soul is more sweet and precious then the life of the body. Secondly, Depriving us of the presence and favour of God which is better then life, Isai. 59.2. Psal. 63.3.