An exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed.
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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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Bible. -- O.T. -- Ecclesiastes -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
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I say that an vntymely fruite is bet∣ter then such an one.
THat is, it were better he were not at all, then to be such a miserable man, and in such great store of goods, a begger. This is true without godlynes. Com∣pare the lyfe of a couetous rich man, and a wretch with him that is not yet borne, and thou shalt perceaue it. And Salomō speaketh not as fooles vse to speake, as some say of this place, but setteth out the lyfe of fooles, in the outward body. There it is better not to be borne then to liue in such sort: that is to say, to haue ryches, glory, children, long lyfe, and yet not to enioye them.
This therfore is truely vnderstanded of a miserable riche man, who hath the thinges pertayning to felicitie, and yet hys wretched mynde will not suffer hym to vse them. Surely a poore man that ta∣keth his condition in good part, is better
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then a rich: for the wayfaring man with neuer a penny in his pursse, will sing as he goeth by the way: but the rich man is afrayde of euery bushe, and in great feli∣citie is a very begger. Therfore ye world is altogether ruled by opinions, but God ruleth in déedes. We are vexed with o∣pinions, and lose the things their selues, lyke to that dogge of Aesops that we spake of.