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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.
Reasons of undoing himself, First, By wasting and neglecting the means of his subsistence, Prov. 18.9. Eccles. 10.18. Prov. 20.4. No mans estate is infinite or bottomless. Prov. 27.24, to 27. Secondly, By breeding diseases, wasting ⟨p. 81⟩body; Rest to the body is as Rust to Metal: 3 By corrupting the mind with Wantonness, Pride, Folly. Ezek. 16.49. Standing Pools gather mud and venomous vermin. 4 By wasting a mans Kindred also who are his own flesh.
Reasons of undoing himselfe, First, By wasting and neglecting the meanes of his subsistence, Prov. 18.9. Eccles. 10.18. Prov. 20.4. No mans estate is infinite or bottomlesse. Prov. 27.24, to 27. Secondly, By breeding diseases, wasting ⟨p. 81⟩body; Rest to the body is as Rust to Mettall: 3 By corrupting the mind with Wantonness, Pride, Folly. Ezek. 16.49. Standing Pools gather mud and venemous vermine. 4 By wasting a mans Kindred also who are his own flesh.