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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
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Object. But garments always white, and wife always joyed in it, seemeth to deny fasts at any time.
Object. But garments alwayes white, and wife alwayes joyed in it, seemeth to deny fasts at any time.
Answ. Solomon speaketh not of extraordinary times, and duties, but of ordinary course.
Doctr. 1. The uncertainty of outward events calleth all men to take all the good, and to do all the good that God putteth into their hand all the days of their life. Of the former part now. Eccles. 3.12, 13, 22. & 5, 18, 19. Acts 2.46. & 14, 17. [à minore] yet it holdeth in heathens also, Psal. 104.15. The Jews in cheerfulness used white garments, Luke 16.19. Prov. 5.19. for joyful love of wife. Times of humiliation are not ordinary, so also times of Apostasy are excepted, Hos. 9.1.
Doctr. 1. The uncertainty of outward events calleth all men to take all the good, and to doe all the good that God putteth into their hand all the dayes of their life. Of the former part now. Eccles. 3.12, 13, 22