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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
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Eccles. 7.11, 12. 11. Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the Sun. 12. For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Eccles. 7.11, 12. 11. Wisdome is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the Sun. 12. For wisdome is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdome giveth life to them that have it.
Solomon in the former verse, having judged it to spring from want of wisdom, to conceive the former times to be always better then the latter, and to enquire (as men ordinarily do) of the reason thereof: He giveth in these and the following uses, three several observations, touching the better and worse estate of one age above another, as at any time, so for his own time. First, For his own time, wherein wisdom and wealth abounded; he telleth us not that it was better then other times, but that it was (so far forth) a good time; wisdom saith he is good with an inheritance, and profitable for men, v. 11. And this he proveth, 1. From the benefit which either of them yield apart: wisdom is a defence, or rather a protection or refreshing, and money is the like, v. 12. Secondly, From the more excellent benefit of wisdom, but the excellency of wisdom is, it giveth life to the owners of it, v. 12. Secondly, He calleth us to consider the work of God in the estate of the times; as in his own age, so in every age: and the insufficiency of any man to make straight that which God hath made crooked, verse ⟨p. 133⟩