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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. 10.11. But wisdom is profitable to direct. 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment, and a babbler is no better.
Eccles. 10.11. But wisedome is profitable to direct. 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment, and a babler is no better.
But wisdom is profitable [or excellent] to direct, If the Serpent do bite without enchantment, there is no profit to the Master of the tongue. In the former verse Solomon had observed sundry vanities (as it were indeed flies) found ⟨p. 223⟩in men of Reputation for Wisdom and Honour. And here before he proceeds to declare any more of these dead flies, he interserteth a remedy to prevent such miscarriages, which is wisdom.
BUt wisdome is profitable [or excellent] to direct, If the Serpent doe bite without enchantment, there is no profit to the Master of the tongue. In the former verse Solomon had observed sundry vanities (as it were indeed flyes) found ⟨p. 223⟩in men of Reputation for Wisdome and Honour. And here before he proceeds to declare any more of these dead flies, he interserteth a remedy to prevent such miscarriages, which is wisedome.