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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.
Eccles. 4.5, 6. 5. The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6. Better is an handful with quietness, then both the hands full with travel and vexation of spirit.
Eccles. 4.5, 6. 5. The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6. Better is an handful with quietnesse, then both the hands full with travel and vexation of spirit.
Solomon having showed the vanity that befalleth men through Oppression, and Envy, he proceedeth to show the vanity that befalleth the estate of men though idleness; ⟨p. 80⟩where he describeth the idle person, First, by his Adjunct of folly, the fool. Secondly, By his cessation from action, and his composing himself to that cessation, a fool foldeth his hands together: Thirdly, By the cause of that his cessation or restinesse, a deceitful imagination of the betterment of an handful with ease and quietness, then of both the hands full with travel and vexation of spirit, verse 6.
SOlomon having shewed the vanity that befalleth men through Oppression, and Envy, he proceedeth to shew the vanity that befalleth the estate of men though idlenesse; ⟨p. 80⟩where he describeth the idle person, First, by his Adjunct of folly, the fool. Secondly, By his cessation from action, and his composing himselfe to that cessation, a fool foldeth his hands together: Thirdly, By the cause of that his cessation or restinesse, a deceitful imagination of the betterment of an handful with ease and quietnesse, then of both the hands full with travel and vexation of spirit, verse 6.