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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 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.
Reason 2. From the bitternesse of sinne, and that even above death, Jer. 2.19. Acts 8, 23. Deut. 32.32, 33. All the ingredients of bitternesse are found in sin, which have made men bitterly to mourne as, First, The losse 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,