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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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Secondly, He equalleth wisdom and folly by the events happening to the fool and wise alike. Whence he falleth 1. Into an expostulation with himself why he should then be more wise. 2. Into a resolution or acknowledgement of this vanity, befalling wisdom and wise men, which is to find the like event befalling themselves as fools, v. 15. 3. He expresseth in particular what these events be which fall equally upon both; to wit,
Secondly, He equalleth wisdome and folly by the events happening to the fool and wise alike. Whence he falleth 1. Into an expostulation with himself why he should then be more wise. 2. Into a resolution or acknowledgment of this vanity, besalling wisdome and wise men, which is to finde the like event befalling themselves as fools, v. 15. 3. He expresseth in particular what these events be which fall equally upon both; to wit,
1. Both to be forgotten alike.
2. Both to dye alike, v. 16.
The effect of which in himself, he showeth to be, hatred of his life, arising from the sense of the grievousness of this passage of Gods work, together with the vanity and vexation of spirit, which each thing yieldeth to him, v. 17.