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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. › VerseA BRIEFE EXPOSITION UPON ECCLESIASTES. › Verse
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.
Eccles. 7. v. 1. A Good name is better then precious ointment: and the day of death then the day of ones birth.
Solomon having spoken of the vanity of sundry Conditions of the Creature considered in themselves: In this he speaketh of their vanity compared one with another, wherein also he intimateth the vanity of mens judgments and imaginations touching these things, as esteeming the better to be worse, and the worse to be better; in this Verse he declareth two things to be better then other two, which are commonly reputed to be worse; as first A good name to be better then a good Ointment. Secondly, The day of death to be better then the birth-day.
SOlomon having spoken of the vanity of sundry Conditions of the Creature considered in themselves: In this he speaketh of their vanity compared one with another, wherein also he intimateth the vanity of mens judgments and imaginations touching these things, as esteeming the better to be worse, and the worse to be better; in this Verse he declareth two things to be better then other two, which are commonly reputed to be worse; as first A good name to be better then a good Oyntment. Secondly, The day of death to be better then the birth-day.
The words themselves are a Proverbial Doctrine, A good name is better then a good ointment; yet an Ointment is reckoned amongst precious Riches and Treasures,