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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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Use 3. To exhort men of great Estates to employ them not so much according to nature, which breedeth in the owners madness and folly; as in liberality to the poor, hospitality to strangers, maintenance of Church and Commonwealth, &c. So may we wisely lay up a good foundation for time to come, Luke 16.9. 1 Tim. 6.18, 19.
Ʋse 3. To exhort men of great Estates to employ them not so much according to nature, which breedeth in the owners madness and folly; as in liberality to the poor, hospitality to strangers, maintenance of Church and Commonwealth, &c. So may we wisely lay up a good foundation for time to come, Luke 16.9. 1 Tim. 6.18, 19.
Doctr. 4. Much wisdom bringeth with it much grief, sorrow, and vexation of spirit: and the more wisdom, the more grief.
Doctr. 4. Much wisedome bringeth with it much grief, sorrow, and vexation of spirit: and the more wisdome, the more grief.
The wisdom he here speaketh of is an acquisite wisdom, to wit, natural or civil wisdom, gotten from the observation of the creatures, or of humane affairs.
The wisdome he here speaketh of is an acquisite wisdome, to wit, natural or civil wisedome, gotten from the observation of the creatures, or of humane affaires.