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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.
Which point he delivereth by declaring,
First, His communing with himself, what gifts he had received, which were two, 1 Great Wisdom. 2 Great Estate;
First, His communing with himselfe, what gifts he had received, which were two, 1 Great Wisdome. 2 Great Estate;
Amplified, 1 A Minore, Greater then any before him in Jerusalem.
Amplyfied, 1 A Minore, Greater then any before him in Hierusalem.
2. By the confirmation of it by his experience, vers. 16.
Secondly, his making use of the benefit of both these gifts, and that by a phrase frequent in Scripture, I gave my heart to know wisdom; to wit, to know the worth of it, by experience and search.