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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 2. To exhort therefore to labour more for godliness then all earthly blessings. It is indeed great gain which will go currant in this world and that which is to come, 1 Tim. 6.6, and 4, 8. It is a great gain that bringeth Gods blessing and no sorrow with it, Prov. 10, 22.
Ʋse 2. To exhort therefore to labour more for godlinesse then all earthly blessings. It is indeed great gaine which will go currant in this world and that which is to come, 1 Tim. 6.6, and 4, 8. It is a great gaine that bringeth Gods blessing and no sorrow with it, Prov. 10, 22.
Doct. 3. A wise man may have a son grown up to mans estate, and yet be uncertain what he will prove, when he cometh to enjoy his fathers living.
Doct. 3. A wise man may have a son grown up to mans estate, and yet be uncertaine what he will prove, when he commeth to enjoy his fathers living.
Solomon was old before he fell to Idolatry; 1 Kings 11.4. and some years he must needs spend in building those Temples to his wives Idols, after which time he wrote this ⟨p. 47⟩Book, so that now he was become very old. And therefore Rehoboam could not be young when he wrote it; for he wrote it not long before his death, and at his death Rehoboam was 41 years old,