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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.
In Jerusalem] the City of God, the mother Church of Israel, then a faithful City, full of faithful and good people, though afterwards an harlot.
In Jerusalem] the City of God, the mother Church of Israel, then a faithfull City, full of faithfull and good people, though afterwards an harlot.
He doth not say, King of Israel, as Prov. 1.1. but in Jerusalem: intimating that his conversing in this faithful City, amongst so many good people, was some means the sooner to bring him to a sight of his sin, and to inditing and penning these words, which show his repentance.
He doth not say, King of Israel, as Prov. 1.1. but in Jerusalem: intimating that his conversing in this faithfull City, amongst so many good people, was some means the sooner to bring him to a sight of his sinne, and to enditing and penning these words, which shew his repentance.
It could not be but that Solomon must needs read in the countenances of his people, when he came abroad to Church and Judgement-seat, and hear likewise by intelligence of his wise Counsellors, how much the Citizens of ⟨p. 6⟩Jerusalem were grieved with his building Idolatrous Temples, and tolerating false worship in them: The which might well provoke him to a more serious sight of his sin, and to make mention of the City in the words that show his repentance. Besides, in a Penitential discourse, the full latitude of titles is unseasonable.