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…

Doctr. All the labour that the sons of men take in the estate of corrupt Nature, is a grievous or vexatious vanity. Gen. 3.17, 19. And though by Christ and his grace the bitterness and sting of that vanity is removed (the Cure being taken away. Gal. 3.13.) yet the Cross still remaineth. Hence Jacobs description of his life in all the years of it, and in all the days of those years, Gen. 47.9, 10. Paul, 2 Cor. 11.27.

Reas. 1. From the wearisomeness, of the labour amplified in the word [Greek or Hebrew] which is translated wearisomeness, Job 7.3. to wit, 1 Fainting the Body. 2. Afflicting the mind with care and grief.

Reas. 1. From the wearisomness, of the labour amplifyed in the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 which is translated wearisomness, Job 7.3. to wit, 1 Fainting the Body. 2. Afflicting the minde with care and grief.

Reas. 2. From the End of it: it is for the mouth. The Husbandman labours in the Earth, the Mariner in the Sea, the Shepherd in the Field, the Carpenter in the Wood, the Tradesman in his shop, the Scholar in his book; as they are natural men, they all labour for the mouth.