Ecclesiastes, othervvise called The preacher Containing Salomons sermons or commentaries (as it may probably be collected) vpon the 49. Psalme of Dauid his father. Compendiously abridged, and also paraphrastically dilated in English poesie, according to the analogie of Scripture, and consent of the most approued writer thereof. Composed by H.L. Gentleman. Whereunto are annexed sundrie sonets of Christian passions heretofore printed, and now corrected and augmented, with other affectionate sonets of a feeling conscience of the same authors.

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Ecclesiastes, othervvise called The preacher Containing Salomons sermons or commentaries (as it may probably be collected) vpon the 49. Psalme of Dauid his father. Compendiously abridged, and also paraphrastically dilated in English poesie, according to the analogie of Scripture, and consent of the most approued writer thereof. Composed by H.L. Gentleman. Whereunto are annexed sundrie sonets of Christian passions heretofore printed, and now corrected and augmented, with other affectionate sonets of a feeling conscience of the same authors.
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Lok, Henry.
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London :: Printed by Richard Field, dwelling in the Blacke-friers neare Ludgate,
1597.
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"Ecclesiastes, othervvise called The preacher Containing Salomons sermons or commentaries (as it may probably be collected) vpon the 49. Psalme of Dauid his father. Compendiously abridged, and also paraphrastically dilated in English poesie, according to the analogie of Scripture, and consent of the most approued writer thereof. Composed by H.L. Gentleman. Whereunto are annexed sundrie sonets of Christian passions heretofore printed, and now corrected and augmented, with other affectionate sonets of a feeling conscience of the same authors." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06202.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 7, 2024.

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SON. CIII. For constancie.

ALas ô Lord, how fraile the flesh I find; How readie to reuolt vnto distrust; How willing to seeke helpe in flesh vniust; Vngratefull fruit of gracelesse humane kind, Which harboreth such monsters in the mind, As soule and bodie both needs ruine must: Like wauering sand or dust, With winds which moue, From good to ill, from ill to worse we fall, We haue not sooner grace for helpe to call, And budding faith thy mercies for to proue, But weary long to seeke our ioyes aboue, We quench this spright, and haue no helpe at all: The perill is not small, (Lord) I am in, Inflame the faith, and zeale thou didst begin.
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