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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. › VersesA BRIEFE EXPOSITION UPON ECCLESIASTES. › Verses
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.
Reasons from the disproportion of these creatures to our happiness.
Reasons from the disproportion of these creatures to our happinesse.
Reas. 1. All these creatures are under the Sun; but our happiness is above it. Now as water can never ascend higher, nor carry any other thing higher then the fountain from whence it came; so neither can things below the Sun carry us up to a condition above the Sun.
Reas. 1. All these creatures are under the Sun; but our happinesse is above it. Now as water can never ascend higher, nor carry any other thing higher then the fountain from whence it came; so neither can things below the Sun carry us up to a condition above the Sun.
2. These creatures are temporal, our happiness eternal, 2 Cor. 4.17, 18.
2. These creatures are temporall, our happinesse eternall, 2 Cor. 4.17, 18.