An exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed.
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Title
An exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed.
Author
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.
Publication
At London :: Printed by Iohn Daye, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate,
An. 1573.
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Subject terms
Bible. -- O.T. -- Ecclesiastes -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
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"An exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06504.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
Pages
Geue a portion to seuen and also to eight, for thou knowest not what e∣uell shall be vpon earth.
HEre againe he exhorteth, and ioyneth a threatening to his exhortatiō. De∣uyde saith he thy breade among seuen or eight, that is geue plentifully. For he that soweth sparingly, shall reape spa∣ringlye, He that soweth aboundantly shall reape aboundantlye. As Paule sayth: Thinke it not to much whatsoe∣uer thou geuest. And although y• shoul∣dest giue all yu hast, yet shouldest thou not want, so that thou hast to geue, and gy∣uest of thine owne, as Christ sayth in his gospell.
Notes
The com∣maundemēt of liberality repeated a∣gayne.