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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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Doct. The good of man is not to be found in the creatures, but it is from the gift of God, to do good with them, or to enjoy the good of them. His meaning is not that there is no good in the creature; for that were contrary to Gen. 1.31. But that 1. The chief good of man is not in them. 2. That it is not in themselves to minister their own good to us without the gift of God, Job 28.2, to 12, &c. to the end of the Chap. Eccles. 2.24.
Doct. The good of man is not to be found in the creatures, but it is from the gift of God, to doe good with them, or to enjoy the good of them. His meaning is not that there is no good in the creature; for that were contrary to Gen. 1.31. But that 1. The chiefe good of man is not in them. 2. That it is not in themselves to minister their own good to us without the gift of God, Job 28.2, to 12, &c. to the end of the Chap. Eccles. 2.24.
Reas. 1. From the end of all the creatures, and of all their changes about man, and of our labours about them, they are all for us as their end, Psalm 115.16. Gen. 1.26. Deut. 4.19. And therefore our good cannot lie in them, but their good rather lieth in us.