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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
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It may seem a Paradox at first sight: for it may be said, what is that which all men (like the Athenians) enquire after? News; if there be no new thing, Acts 17.21. why are men taxed for hunting after new fashions in Apparel ⟨p. 20⟩(especially English men, as unfit to be suited as the changeable Moon) if there be no new thing? will God again destroy the world with water? Gen. 9.11. was it not a new thing for God to deliver the Law with lively voice from heaven? Deut. 4.32, 33. was it not a new thing, or shall it be again repeated, the Sun to stand still, or to go back ten degrees? Jos. 10.13, 14. 2 Kings 20.11. A Virgin to bear a Son? Jer. 31.22. Christ to be born, to die, to rise again, to ascend? The holy Ghost to descend? The Apostles to preach and write the new Testament? Are there not sundry Inventions of Art new, as Guns, Printing, and the use of the Lodestone? was not the Gunpowder-treason new, without precedent or former example?
It may seem a Paradox at first sight: for it may be said, what is that which all men (like the Athenians) enquire after? News; if there be no new thing, Acts 17.21. why are men taxed for hunting after new fashions in Apparrell ⟨p. 20⟩(especially English men, as unfit to be suited as the changeable Moon) if there be no new thing? will God again destroy the world with water? Gen. 9.11. was it not a new thing for God to deliver the Law with lively voyce from heaven?