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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.
Rea. 1. Gods word establishing it, and that even upon nothing Psalm 33.9. Job 26.7.
Use 1. Against Copernicus his opinion of the Revolution of the earth, and the standing still of the Sun, Psalm 19.5: & 119.90: If the earth moved swiftly, when a man throweth a stone, the same way the earth moveth, he might easily overtake the stone before it fell: or (it may be) standing still, the earth speedily moving would carry him so far, as to be under the stone when it should fall.
Ʋse 1. Against Copernicus his opinion of the Revolution of the earth, and the standing still of the Sun, Psalm 19.5: & 119.90: If the earth moved swiftly, when a man throweth a stone, the same way the earth moveth, he might easily overtake the stone before it fell: or (it may be) standing still, the earth speedily moving would carry him so far, as to be under the stone when it should fall.
Use 2. To moderate our desires after the earth, and earthly things, which we must leave behind us, and cannot carry away with us, 1 Tim. 6, 7, 8. Psalm 49.17.
Ʋse 2. To moderate our desires after the earth, and earthly things, which we must leave behinde us, and cannot carry away with us,