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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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Use 3. To teach us the Excellency of Wisdom, which Youth, yea Childhood and Poverty cannot Debase, but it will arise to preferment. And the Baseness of Folly and Stubbornness, which Nobility and Age cannot honour.
Ʋse 3. To teach us the Excellency of Wisdome, which Youth, yea Childhood and Poverty cannot Debase, but it will arise to preferment. And the Baseness of Folly and Stubbornness, which Nobility and Age cannot honor.
Use 4. To teach Parents to train up their Children to wisdom, and therefore to Learning and Godliness; and withal to break them of their wilfulness that so they may be fit for preferment in the eyes of God and Men.
Ʋse 4. To teach Parents to train up their Children to wisdome, and therefore to Learning and Godliness; and withall to break them of their willfullness that so they may be fit for preferment in the eyes of God and Men.
Use 5. To reprove the Inconstancy of People and the cause thereof, their neglect of the right End of Magistracy. 1 Tim. 2.2.
Ʋse 5. To reprove the Inconstancy of People and the cause thereof, their neglect of the right End of Magistracy. 1 Tim. 2.2.