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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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Reason 3. From the sanctification of the whole lump of our life, by the sanctifying of these first fruits, Rom. 11.16.
Reason 3. From the sanctification of the whole lumpe of our life, by the sanctifying of these first fruits, Rom. 11.16.
Use 1. To reprove forgetfulness of our Creator in this time of youth. It causeth old age to perish in such, to be good for nothing, Job 30.1, 2, 3 Youth and childhood is the seed time of grace and all goodness. If in the spring no seed be sown, or none but Cockle and Darnel, and such weeds, what hope of Harvest? Isai. 17.10, 11. From a threefold cause of difficulty, 1. Custom in sin, Jer. 13.29. 2. Satan's long possession, Mark 9.21, 29. 3. Gods rejection, Prov. 1.24. to 28.
Ʋse 1. To reprove forgetfulnesse of our Creator in this time of youth. It causeth old age to perish in such, to be good for nothing, Job 30.1, 2, 3 Youth and childhood is the seed time of grace and all goodnesse. If in the spring no seed be sowne, or none but Cockel and Darnel, and such weeds, what hope of Harvest? Isai. 17.10, 11. From a threefold cause of difficulty, 1. Custome in sin, Jer. 13.29. 2. Satans long possession, Mark 9.21, 29. 3. Gods rejection,