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…

Reason 1. From the overpoising vanity of those two wants. First, of burial; Secondly, of souls want of goodness. To extinguish the comforts of, 1. Store of children; 2. Long life. Want of burial, First, leaveth the body as dung to rot and stink upon the face of the earth, a thing, y• Dishonourable to the dead; 2. Loathsome to the living, Psal. 83.10. 2 Kings 9.38, 37. Jer. 21, 18, 19. Secondly, leaveth the body without pledge of resurrection, the body buried is Corn sown, 1 Cor, 15.36. The souls want of goodness, 1. Is as a dead carcass stinking above ground, Psal. 14.3. 2. Leaveth it to more putrefaction by longer lying above ground, yea the more inexcusable in impenitency, Rev. 2.21. 3. Procureth a greater damnation for living so long with so many children, and for want of goodness doth neither good to himself nor them.

Reason 1. From the overpoysing vanity of those two wants. First, of burial; Secondly, of souls want of goodnesse. To extinguish the comforts of, 1. Store of children; 2. Long life. Want of burial, First, leaveth the body as dung to rot and stink upon the face of the earth, a thing, y• Dishonourable to the dead; 2. Loathsome to the living, Psal. 83.10. 2 Kings 9.38, 37. Jer. 21, 18, 19. Secondly, leaveth the body without pledge of resurrection, the body buried is Corn sown, 1 Cor, 15.36. The souls want of goodnesse, 1. Is as a dead carcase stinking above ground, Psal. 14.3. 2. Leaveth it to more putrefaction by longer lying above ground, yea the more inexcusable in impenitency, Rev. 2.21. 3. Procureth a greater damnation for living so long with so many children, and for want of goodnesse doth neither good to himselfe nor them.