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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
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.
Eccles. 9. v. 10. 10. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work nor device nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest.
Eccles. 9. v. 10. 10. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no worke nor device nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest.
The Doctrine from this and the three former verses was this: That the uncertainty of outward events calleth all men to take all the good, and to do all the good that God putteth into their hands, all the days of our life. Of the former part, to wit, of taking all the good, hath been spoken in the three former verses: It remains now to speak of doing all the good that God putteth into our hands all the days of our life.
THe Doctrine from this and the three former verses was this: That the uncertainty of outward events calleth all men to take all the good, and to doe all the good that God putteth into their hands, all the daies of our life. Of the former part, to wit, of taking all the good, hath been spoken in the three former verses: It remains now to speak of doing all the good that God putteth into our hands all the daies of our life.