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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.
Doctr. It is a Vanity and sore Travel or Affliction that a Lone man should put himself to endless and restless labour for Riches, and yet neither his eye satisfied with it, nor himself refreshed by it, nor he so much as to consider with himself for whose sake he taketh so much Pains, and so little ease and comfort.
Doctr. It is a Vanity and sore Travell or Affliction that a Lone man should put himself to endless and restless labour for Riches, and yet neither his eye satisfyed with it, nor himself refreshed by it, nor he so much as to consider with himself for whose sake he taketh so much Pains, and so little ease and comfort.
A Lone man] One that hath no Second, that is, 1 no Wife, 2 no Child. 3 no Brother.
Yet there is no end of his labour] No end, no term or cessation; for [Greek or Hebrew] signifieth not an End of Intention, but an End of Cessation.
Yet there is no end of his labour] No end, no term or cessation; for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifieth not an End of Intention, but an End of Cessation.