Verses
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Eccles. 1.5. to 11.
Doct. 1. The knowledge of such things as are full of labour, and empty of yielding satisfaction to the mind, and of variety or newness, is unprofitable to the attainment of true happiness.
DOct. 1. The knowledge of such things as are full of labour, and empty of yeilding satisfaction to the minde, and of variety or newnesse, is unprofitable to the attainment of true happinesse.
This is the ground upon which Solomon buildeth the unprofitableness of the labour of the mind about the knowledge of natural things.
This is the ground upon which Solomon buildeth the unprofitablenesse of the labour of the mind about the knowledge of natural things.
1. They are full of labour or restless motion, vers. 8.
1. They are full of labour or restlesse motion, vers. 8.
2. They yield no satisfying to the eye and ear, which are the senses of discipline. 1. The one by observation. 2. The other by instruction.