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¶ Al thynges come ī theyr tyme, & passe away in theyr tyme.
EUery thynge hathe a tyme, yee all that [unspec A] is vnder the heauen, hathe his conue∣nyente season. There is a time to be borne, & a tyme to dye. There is a tyme to plāte, and a tyme to plucke vp the thynge, that is planted. A tyme to slaye, & a tyme to make whole. A tyme to breake downe, & a tyme to buylde vp. A tyme to wepe, & a tyme to
laugh. A tyme to mourne, and a tyme to daunse. A tyme to caste awaye stones, and a tyme to gather stones together. A tyme to embrace, and a tyme to reftayne from em∣bracing. A tyme to winne, and a tyme to lese [unspec B] A tyme to spare, and a tyme to spende. A tyme to cut in peces, and a tyme to sowe to∣gether. ‡ 1.1 A tyme to kepe sylence, and a tyme to speake. A tyme to loue, and a tyme to hate. A tyme of warre / and a tyme of peace. What hathe a man elles (that doth any thynge) but werynesse and laboure?
For as touchynge the trauayle and ca∣refulnesse whiche God hathe geuen vnto men, I se that he hathe geuen it them, to be exercised in it. All this hathe he ordayned maruelous goodly: to euery thynge his due tyme. He hathe planted ignoraunce also in the hertes of men, that they shulde nat cō prehende the grounde of hys workes / whi∣che he doth from the begynnyng to the ende [unspec C] So I perceyued, that in these thiges there is nothing better for a man, then to be mery and to do well so longe as he lyueth. For al that a man eateth & dryncketh, yea what so euer a man enioyeth of all his laboure / that same is a gyfte of God: I consyder also that what soeuer God dothe, it continueth for euer, and that nothynge can be put vnto it, nor taken from it: and that God dothit to the intent, that men shulde feare him. ‡ 1.2 The thynge that hathe bene, is nowe: and the thynge that is for to come, hathe bene afore tyme, for God restoreth agayne the thynge that was paste. More ouer, I sawe vnder the Sunne vngodlynesse in the steade of iudgement and iniquyte in steade of rygh∣tuousnesse. Then thought I in my mynde God shall seperate the ryghtuous from the [unspec D] vngodly, and then shalbe the tyme and iud¦gement of al councels and workes. I com¦moned with myne owne herte also, concer∣nynge the chyldren of men: Howe God hath chosen them, and yet letteth them appere: as though they were beastes: for it happe∣neth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, and as the ••ne dyeth, so dieth the other: yea they haue bothe one maner of breth: so yt (in this) a man hathe no preemynence aboue a beast but all are subdued vnto vanytye. They go all vnto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shall they al turne vnto dust agayne* 1.3
Who knoweth the sprete of man that go∣eth vpwarde, and the breth of the beast that goth downe into the earthe? Wherfore I perceaue, that there is nothynge better for a man / then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcyon. But who wyll brynge hym to se the thynge that shall come after hym.
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