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…

Reason 5. From the wearisomeness of much study to the flesh, it beateth and h•ateth the brain, it intendeth and stretcheth the mind, as if the body were set upon the rack, yea sometimes to the breaking of a mans wit, as the string of an instrument stretched too high or too far. As in wrestling, so in studying, there is a striving, then weariness, then despair of overcoming, then giving over, then taking up, striving again, and so &c. Much study drieth up the sweetest moisture of the body, whether blood or marrow: consumeth the cheerful spirits, whether of brain or heart, and so breedeth morosity, harshness of spirit, troublesome to a mans self and others.

Reason 5. From the wearisomness of much study to the flesh, it beateth and h•ateth the brain, it intendeth and stretcheth the mind, as if the body were set upon the rack, yea sometimes to the breaking of a mans wit, as the string of an instrument stretched too high or too far. As in wrastling, so in studying, there is a striving, then weariness, then despaire of overcomming, then giving over, then taking up, striving again, and so &c. Much study drieth up the sweetest moisture of the body, whether blood or marrow: consumeth the cheerfull spirits, whether of brain or heart, and so breedeth morosity, harshnesse of spirit, troublesome to a mans selfe and others.

Use 1. To refute the additions of the Decrees of Popes, of the Apocrypha, of the Canons of Councils, of the Traditions of Fathers to the Scriptures, for the direction of faith and life, Prov. 30.6.

Ʋse 1. To refute the additions of the Decrees of Popes, of the Apocrypha, of the Canons of Councels, of the Traditions of Fathers to the Scriptures, for the direction of faith and life, Prov. 30.6.