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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.
Object. But do not many Scholars acknowledge they find great contentment, yea sweetness in the study and knowledge of the creatures?
Object. But doe not many Schollers acknowledge they finde great contentment, yea sweetnesse in the study and knowledge of the creatures?
Answ. 1. True, they may, if they use the creatures and the knowledge of them not to find happiness in them, but to those other ends for which God made them, mentioned in Doct. 1. pag. 23.
Answ. 1. True, they may, if they use the creatures and the knowledge of them not to finde happinesse in them, but to those other ends for which God made them, mentioned in Doct. 1. pag. 23.
2. Though many think themselves happy by such speculations, it is because they cast not up their accounts, as Solomon here doth, to see what true Reformation of their own perverseness, or supply of their defects they have found thereby.
2. Though many think themselves happy by such speculations, it is because they cast not up their accounts, as Solomon here doth, to see what true Reformation of their own perversnesse, or supply of their defects they have found thereby.