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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.
Eleventhly, The Almond Tree flourisheth] When his head groweth grey and hoary, which is a flourishing Ornament, Prov. 16.31. but an evident decay of due moisture to nourish the hair of the head and Beard. The Almond Tree is the first that flourisheth in the spring, Jer. 1.11, 12. and hath his name from early blossoming; it is here a resemblance of an hoary head, yet with this difference, 1. The Almond Tree flourisheth in the Spring, the hoary head in the winter of our Age. 2. The Tree flourisheth before fruit, but the head flourisheth after it: And yet it may indeed be said, that the hoary head is the flourishing of the old man in the spring of another world of Immortality.
Eleventhly, The Almond Tree flourisheth] When his head groweth gray and hoary, which is a floutishing Ornament, Prov. 16.31. but an evident decay of due moysture to nourish the haire of the head and Beard. The Almond Tree is the first that flourisheth in the spring, Jer. 1.11, 12. and hath his name from early blossoming; it is here a resemblance of an hoary head, yet with this difference, 1. The Almond Tree flourisheth in the Spring, the hoary head in the winter of our Age. 2. The Tree flourisheth before fruit, but the head flourisheth after it: And yet it may indeed be said, that the hoary head is the flourishing of the old man in the spring of another world of Immortality.
Twelfthly, The Grasshopper or Locust shall be a burden] Whether by his noise (but of that before in the voice of a Bird, verse 4.) or (by an Hyperbole) by his weight, an old man cannot bear the lightest burden; but most fitly his slowness of digestion. Though the locust be a clean and wholesome food, and much used in those Countries (especially of the poorer sort)