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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
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.
8. Folly, Job 11.12. Prov. 12.11.
Reasons of the vanity of those former ends.
1. From the end for which God made them (to wit) for us, not us for them, 1 Cor. 3.22.
2. From their condition, they are corporal, temporal ⟨p. 8⟩and therefore cannot feed, much less satisfy an eternal spirit, Luke 12.19, 20.
2. From their condition, they are corporall, temporall