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…

Doctr. 1. As is the way of the spirit, and of the bones of the woman with child, so is the way of God in working our works for us, secret and hidden from us; yet, when he pleaseth carry them on effectually. The way of the spirit] is the way of entrance of it into the infant conceived in the womb. To beget a soul, is beyond the skill or strength of the Parents, yea, or to frame the body in the womb; yea, we know not how God worketh it: Whether, First, By Creation of nothing? If so, whether God maketh it pure? then how cometh it to be defiled? the body being without sin (as a carcass after death) cannot defile the soul with sin. If impure? then how is not God the Author of sin. Secondly, By Propagation: If so, then it is made either of the whole soul of the Parents: and then the Parents would dye; or of part of the soul, and then the soul were partible or divisible; and the soul of the Parents would be maimed; or of the seed of the soul: but it hath no excrement, as having no superfluity of nourishment. Thirdly, By transfusion; as one candle transfuseth the like candle light into prepared matter: If so, then why do not acts of generation often speed in couples most suitable? and why are the souls of children so often unlike to Parents?

Doctr. 1. As is the way of the spirit, and of the bones of the woman with childe, so is the way of God in working our workes for us, secret and hidden from us; yet, when he pleaseth carry them on effectually. The way of the spirit] is the way of enterance of it into the infant conceived in the wombe. To beget a soul, is beyond the skill or strength of the Parents, yea, or to frame the body in the wombe; yea, we know not how God worketh it: Whether, First, By Creation of nothing? If so, whether God maketh it pure? then how commeth it to be defiled? the body being without sin (as a carcasse after death) cannot defile the soul with sin. If impure? then how is not God the Author of sin. Secondly, By Propagation: If so, then it is made either of the whole soul of the Parents: and then the Parents would dye; or of part of the soul, and then the soul were partible or divisible; and the soul of the Parents would be maimed; or of the seed of the soul: but it hath no excrement, as having no superfluity of nourishment. Thirdly, By transfusion; as one candle transfuseth the like candle light into prepared matter: If so, then why doe not acts of generation often speed in couples most suitable? and why are the souls of children so often unlike to Parents?