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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.
Secondly, the mis-employment or misplacing is, 1. Folly in great dignity; Rich in low place. 2. Princes walking as servants; servants riding on horse-back like Princes.
Secondly, the mis-imployment or misplacing is, 1. Folly in great dignity; Rich in low place. 2. Princes walking as servants; servants riding on hors-back like Princes.
Thirdly, the cause of this: the face or countenance of the Prince to the one against the other.
Fourthly, the vanity of it; it is, 1. An error. 2. An evil error.
Fourthly, the vanity of it; it is, 1. An errour. 2. An evil errour.
Doctr. 1. It is an error, and an evil error, that proceedeth from the face of a Ruler, the advancement of mean and weak men, and the debasement of able and noble persons. Doeg an Edomite advanced, 1 Sam. 22.9. Haman an Amalekite,