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…

Use 3. To exhort to a conscionable care of getting and keeping a good name. It is not ambition nor vain-glory, when a man seeketh it by good means for good ends, and affecteth it no further, nor accepteth it, but as is due to him. Means of a good name: 1. Faith, Heb. 11.2. 2 Fruits of faith. First, Sanctifying of Gods name, 1 Sam. 2.30. Secondly, Sparing the names of our brethren, Matth. 7.1, 2. Thirdly, Humility, Prov. 22.4. Luke 14.11. Fourthly, Worthy acts for public service, 1 Sam. 18.7. Matth. 26.13. 2 Chron. 24.16. 1 Pet. 3.16. Hence sweet odours at Funerals as a monument of a sweet-smelling Report, 2 Chron. 16.14. On the contrary sin staineth a good name, Prov. 10.7. 1 Kings 15.30. Matth. 10.4. Gen. 11.4, 9. Absaloms pillar (2 Sam. 18.18.) was Columna Calumniae, or as Lots wives pillar of salt, seasoning others, but shaming our selves. It is not fair Faces, Buildings, Clothes, or Estates, that can procure or preserve a good name.

Ʋse 3. To exhort to a conscionable care of getting and keeping a good name. It is not ambition nor vaine-glory, when a man seeketh it by good meanes for good ends, and affecteth it no further, nor accepteth it, but as is due to him. Meanes of a good name: 1. Faith,