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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 4. From the principal cause of all passages in the world: which is not mans weakness, or goodness, but chiefly the wise and strong and good providence of God: who presenteth every age with a new stage of acts and actors, 1 Cor. 4.9. And if a Poet would not present his spectators but with choice variety of matters, how much less God?
Reason 4. From the principal cause of all passages in the world: which is not mans weaknesse, or goodnesse, but chiefly the wise and strong and good providence of God: who presenteth every age with a new stage of acts and actors, 1 Cor. 4.9. And if a Poet would not present his spectators but with choyce variety of matters, how much lesse God?
Object. Nebuchadnezzars Image may seem to imply a decay of each age, from gold to silver, to brass, at last to Iron, Dan. 2.31, 32, 33.
Object. Nebuchadnezzars Image may seeme to imply a decay of each age, from gold to silver, to brasse, at last to Iron, Dan. 2.31, 32, 33.
Answ. First, This Image concerned times 400 years after Solomons days. Secondly, After all those Monarchies destroyed, the latter times will be best, Dan. 7.27, with chap. 2, 44. Thirdly, The Image doth not decipher the manners (to wit, virtues, or vices) of the times, but the several conditions of the Monarchies. That of Babel being more full of Majesty,