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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.
Secondly, the Argument, or sum of his discourse, or at least of the former part of it, v. 2. Wherein is set forth, 1. The condition of all things, by the Adjunct of vanity, all is vanity. And this vanity is amplified by many ornaments of Rhetoric:
Secondly, the Argument, or sum of his discourse, or at least of the former part of it, v. 2. Wherein is set forth, 1. The condition of all things, by the Adjunct of vanity, all is vanity. And this vanity is amplified by many ornaments of Rhetorique:
1. An Hyperbole, vanity it self, for vain.
1. An Hyperbole, vanity it selfe, for vaine.
2. Polyptoton, vanity of vanities.
3. Epizeuxis, the like sound continued in the same sentence, vanity of vanities.