Ecclesiastes — Chapter 8
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Verse 1
As probable coniecture of a mans inward difpofition is made by his exteriour countenance: fo his good workes fhining before men are good figne of internal vertues which indeed are right and meritorious, when the intention is fincere, referring al to Gods glorie & edification of others, without defire of vaine praife in the world.
Verse 3
Haften rotre depert from his tace,nor continue thou inan euil worke: becaufe al that he pleafeth he wil doe, 4.and his word is ful of power : neither can anie man fay to him, Why doft thou fo:5.He thar keepeth the precept , fhal find no euil. The hact of a wifeman vnderftandeth time and an{wer, 6, There is atime for al bufines, and opportunitie, and much affliction of man : 7. becauteheis ignorant of things paft, and things to come he can know by no meflenger,8.1t is Not in mans power to prohibite the fpirit neither heth hepower in the day of death, neither is he fuffered toreft when watre is athand , neither shal impietie faue the impious. 9. Al thefe things I naue confidered, and gaue my harton althe workes that are done vnder the funne. Sometime man ruleth ouer manto his owne hurt,
Verse 14
By this terme (vanitie) is ftil vnderftood that felicitie is not in profperous things of this world: neither are al men miferable, that fuffer aduerfitie.