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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 2. To root out the root of sin, Rom. 6.7. Original sin is fitly compared (by Epiphanius) to a wild Fig Tree, rooted in the joints of the stone-wall of a goodly Palace, If it be cut and lopped (as it is by repentance and mortification) yet it sprouteth again, but when the walls are taken down, and the stones cast asunder, body and soul parted, then being built again, the root is shaken out utterly.
Reason 2. To root out the root of sin, Rom. 6.7. Original sin is fitly compared (by Epiphanius) to a wilde Fig Tree, rooted in the joynts of the stone-wall of a goodly Pallace, If it be cut and lopped (as it is by repentance and mortification) yet it sprouteth againe, but when the walls are taken downe, and the stones cast asunder, body and soul parted, then being built againe, the root is shaken out utterly.
Reason 3. To prepare the bodies of men for an immortal estate, 1 Cor. 15.50.
Use 1. To refute the vanity of carnal minds, who think to escape this common condition of all men, Isai. 28.15, 18.
Ʋse 1. To refute the vanity of carnal mindes, who thinke to escape this common condition of all men, Isai. 28.15, 18.