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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.
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.
3. These things are changeable and unsettled, but our happiness unchangeable.
3. These things are changeable and unsetled, but our happinesse unchangeable.