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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
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Parts two: First, a commandment, forbidding to curse the King; or rich and great men, his Princes and Officers. And this prohibition amplified by the strictness of it, forbidding the cursing of them; where it might be supposed to be done with greatest secrecy and safety: not the King, in thy thought; the rich, in thy bed-chamber. Secondly, a Reason, from the danger of discovery of it, by speedy and ⟨p. 231⟩unlikely means: for the birds of the air, the master of wings will declare the word or matter.
Parts two: First, a commandement, forbidding to curse the King; or rich and great men, his Princes and Officers. And this prohibition amplified by the strictness of it, forbidding the cursing of them; where it might be supposed to be done with greatest secrecy and safety: not the King, in thy thought; the rich, in thy bed-chamber. Secondly, a Reason, from the danger of discovery of it, by speedy and ⟨p. 231⟩unlikely means: for the birds of the ayre, the master of wings wil declare the word or matter.
Doctr. Though the King should be childish, and Princes intemperate and slothful, and both of them suffer the State to fall to decay, yet it is neither lawful nor safe for private men to revile or curse either of them; no, not in the greatest, Exod. 22.28. where the prohibition is general without restraint to good Magistrates.
Doctr. Though the King should be childish, and Princes intemperate and sloathful, and both of them suffer the State to fall to decay, yet it is neither lawful nor safe for private men to revile or curse either of them; no, not in the greatest, Exod. 22.28. where the prohibition is general without restraint to good Magistrates.