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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
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Reason 1. From the nature of the occasion of that mourning, it being the death of some or other desirable person in the family, that death is the end of all men. If the person dead were not desirable, there is little or no mourning for him, 2 Chron. 21.19, 20. But if there be mourning, all useful men will see their own end in his, which is very wholesome to our spirits, Deut. 32, 29. Lamen. 1.9. In feasting men ⟨p. 120⟩are apt to put the evil day far from them, Isai. 56.12. Amos 6.3, to 6.
Secondly, In the house of mourning, we shall be occasioned to take to heart what we see: yea to lay it as a plaster to our heart. Text, Not so readily in an house of Feasting.
Secondly, In the house of mourning, we shall be occasioned to take to heart what we see: yea to lay it as a plaister to our heart. Text, Not so readily in an house of Feasting.
Object. But doth not the house of feasting offer to our hearts many serious and savoury meditations? Doth it not set before us, First, A spectacle of Gods bounty, leading to Thankfulness, Psal. 145.16, and Repentance, Rom. 2.4. Secondly, The variety of Gods goodness dispersed in the several creatures,