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A02031 A familiar exposition or commentarie on Ecclesiastes VVherein the worlds vanity, and the true felicitie are plainely deciphered. By Thomas Granger, preacher of the Word at Butterwike in East-holland, Lincolne. Granger, Thomas, b. 1578. 1621 (1621) STC 12178; ESTC S103385 263,009 371

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be_v full_a of_o labour_n man_n can_v utter_v it_o the_o eye_n be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o see_v nor_o the_o ear_n with_o hear_v a_o general_n conclusion_n of_o all_o the_o particular_n as_o the_o generation_n of_o man_n the_o heaven_n the_o wind_n the_o water_n be_v restless_a so_o be_v all_o thing_n in_o their_o kind_n inconstant_a transitory_a fleet_a they_o travail_n in_o pain_n with_o man_n they_o groan_n under_o the_o burden_n of_o corruption_n with_o he_o and_o their_o disorder_n enmity_n infirmity_n misery_n corruption_n vanity_n show_v forth_o to_o man_n that_o he_o be_v even_o such_o like_a yea_o his_o condition_n be_v worse_a than_o they_o for_o whatsoever_o be_v within_o man_n be_v without_o he_o and_o whatsoever_o be_v without_o he_o be_v within_o he_o so_o that_o wheresoever_o he_o turn_v his_o eye_n he_o may_v behold_v his_o vanity_n the_o plasme_n or_o vessel_n of_o man_n soul_n be_v his_o brutal_a nature_n which_o we_o call_v the_o body_n which_o be_v the_o centre_n 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