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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
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.
Spirit] Soul, as being here opposed to the body. Returneth to God] Not every soul to dwell with him (for here the speech is of all men;) but to be disposed of by him, for his final estate. That gave it] First, By breathing it into his face at the first Creation. Secondly, By forming every soul ⟨p. 259⟩of a sinful matter of the souls of the Parents, or of the spirituous part of their seed, Zach. 12.1.
Spirit] Soule, as being here opposed to the body. Returturneth to God] Not every soul to dwell with him (for here the speech is of all men;) but to be disposed of by him, for his final estate. That gave it] First, By breathing it into his face at the first Creation. Secondly, By forming every soul ⟨p. 259⟩of a sinful matter of the soules of the Parents, or of the spirituous part of their seed, Zach. 12.1.
Doctr. 1. As our bodies being made of Dust do in Death return to Dust; so our souls being given us of God, return again to God, Gen. 2.7. The body is made, not of the heart of the Earth, that is rich in metals, nor of the soil of the Earth that is rich in fruits, nor of the sand of the Earth which is profitable for Ballast, for hour-glasses, or for a Sea bound, Jer. 5.22. but of the dust of the Earth, which of all the rest is most unprofitable like unsavoury Salt, Matth. 5.13. Stones are firm matter, Clay tough, but dust easily dissipated and scattered with every blast of wind.