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death_n	aaron_n	israelite_n	murmur_a	18	3	12.0943	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34666	A briefe exposition with practicall observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that late pious and worthy divine, Mr. John Cotton ... ; published by Anthony Tuckney ...	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.; Tuckney, Anthony, 1599-1670.	1654 (1654)	Wing C6413; ESTC R20578	202,192	290

the living know that they shall die but the dead know not any thing neither have they any more a reward for the memory of them is forgotten 6. Also their love and their hatred and their envy is now perished neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the Sun THe forth thing that Solomon observed and thought it meet to declare from the promiscuous events of all alike unto all is the evil of it especially the evil effect of it in the hearts of the sons of men Coherence see in v. 1 2. Doct. Amongst all the evils that are done under the Sun this equality of events to all sorts of men alike It silleth the hearts of men with evil and madnesse all their life time even to their death v. 3. As who should say this maketh them live an ill life and die an ill death yea live madly and die madly Moses and Aaron were as wel excluded from Canaan as the unbelieving and murmuring Israelites Josiah was as wel slain by an Arrow in battel against his enemies as Ahab Nebuchadnezzar is said to have lived forty yeers in a victorious raigne as well as David See many more such like instances in verse 1. Doct. 3. This is an evil first Afflictive both to good men Psalm 73.21 and to evil men Psalm 112.10 Secondly Corruptive it filleth the hearts of men with first Evil of wickednesse or sin secondly Madnesse v. 3. First evil of sin The ground of this evil imagination springeth occasionally from these promiscuous events as conceiving they flow from the not guidance of them by providence 1. Evil imaginations in particular that the basest life here is better then the best life hereafter confirmed by a Proverb A living Dog is better then a dead Lyon v. 4. And this they hold forth in four instances First in stay and provision of supply The living have something to trust unto see the Hebrew v. 4. The dead have neither friends nor money nor strength c. Secondly In knowledge even of some suture things The living know that they shall die the dead know nothing at all v. 5. Thirdly In rewards The dead have no more a reward no not so much as a memoriall of their good deeds whilst they lived v. 5. But the living meet with some reward here Eccles 4.9 Hest 6.3 10. Ezek. 29.19 Fourthly In the enjoyment of the objects of their affections v. 6. their love and their hatred and envy is now perished viz. They have neither affections nor objects of them left nor any portion in things here below beyond which they look not v. 6. Hence the most famous of the Heathens have preferred the meanest life on earth above all the hopes they had of another world Homer reporteth of his Achilles He had rather be a servant to a poor Countrey clown here then to be a King to all the soules departed So Mecaenas in Seneca had rather live in many diseases then dye It is another evil imagination to think God like wicked men to wit in liking wel of them Psalm 50.21 2 Evil Resolutions Eccles 8.11 1 Cor. 15.32 Isai 56.12 3. Evil speeches and practises Isai 10.11 Job 3.1 c. Mens hearts are also said to be filled with madnesse as well as with wickednesse by occasion of like events to all In that they break forth First To outragious violence in sin Psal 73.5 6. Secondly To foolish vain-glorious boasting in sin The Hebrew word commeth of a root that signifieth to praise or glory Isai 3 9. And filled they be with wickednesse and madnesse from this occasion all their life time even to death Job 21.13 Psal 55.19 Vse 1. To shew a great difference between the righteous and the wicked The hope of the wicked is only in this life verse 4. Job 8.13 14. But the righteous hath his chiefe hope and trust in another 1 Cor. 15.19 Prov. 14.32 The wicked had rather live a dogs life here then hazard his estate in another world If he hasten his death it is through Satans efficiency the righteous longeth for dissolution Phil. 1.23 The wicked knoweth little of any future thing but that he shall dye verse 5. The godly knoweth that when he dyeth he shall see God shall be like him c. Job 19.25 26 27. 1 John 32. The wicked shall have reward in everlasting fire Psal 9.17 but at best themselves look for none The godly shall have a reward in eternal glory Isai 49.4 The wicked shall never exercise their love any more after this life nor shall ever meet with any thing lovely verse 6. Though they shall not employ their hatred or envy about earthly things here yet they shall both hate God and envy the happinesse of his Saints But the righteous shall abound in love to God and in Gods love to them Psal 16.11 We shall abound also in mutual love to all the Saints and Angels the greatest strangers there will love us better then our best friends here Psal 17.15 Our hatred will not be wanting against Satan and wicked persecutors Rev. 6.10 Our zeal also shall then abound that which is here translated envy signifieth also Zeal Isai 37.32 The wicked have no portion but in this life Psal 17.14 The portion of our inheritance is after this life 1 Pet. 1.4 5. Vse 2. Not to misconstrue Gods dealings with our selves or others It is a root of Atheisme and will make us worse then the devils For they believe there is a God and tremble James 2.19 Vse 3. To teach us not to rest in a carnal condition it leaveth us without knowledge without reward and without portion Eccles 9.7 to 10. 7. Goe thy way eat thy bread with joy and drinke thy wine with a merry heart for God now accepteth thy workes 8. Let thy garments be alwayes white and let thy head lacke no ointment 9. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the dayes of the life of thy vanity which he hath given thee under the Sun all the dayes of thy vanity for that is thy portion in this life and in thy labour which thou takest under the Sun 10. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to doe doe it with thy might for there is no worke nor device nor knowledge nor wisdome in the grave whither thou goest SOlomon having in the former verses declared four observations which he gathered from Gods dispensing like events to all He now giveth some practical directions from the same ground First That a man should take all the good which the providence of God putteth into his hand verse 7.8 9. Secondly That he should doe all the good which God putteth into his hand to doe verse 10. 1. The good which he directeth a man to take is in the enjoyment of the comfortable use of all the blessings which God giveth him in this life Which blessings are chiefly five First Meat or Bread It to be eaten with joy verse 7. Secondly Wine It to