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Geneva Bible Notes (1560)Ecclesiastes 5

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See Ecclesiastes 5:1 in… The King James Bible Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 b He heareth thee not for thy manie wordes sake, or often repetitiouns, but considereth thy faith, and seruent minde.

1 ! Not to speake lightely, chiefly in Gods matters.

1 a Ether in vowing or in praying: meaning that we shulde vse all reuerence to God warde.

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3 c He speaketh of vowes, which are approued by Gods worde, and serue to his glorie.

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5 d Cause not thy self to sinne by vowing rashely: as thei do which make a vowe to liue vnmaried, and suche like.

5 e That is, before Gods messenger when he shal examine thy doing: as thogh thy ignorance shulde be a just excuse.

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7 f Meaning, that God wil redresse these things, & therfore we must depend vpon him.

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8 g The reuenues of the earth are to be preserred aboue all things, which apperteine to this life.

8 h Kings and princes can not mainteineth their estate without tillage, which thing commendeth the excellencie of tillage.

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9 ! The couetous can neuer haue ynough.

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11 ! The laborers slepe is swete.

11 i That is, his great abundance of riches, or the surfeting, which cometh by his great feding

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12 k When couetous men heape vp riches, which turne to their destruction.

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13 l He doeth not enjoye his fathers riches.

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14 ! Man when he dyeth, taketh nothing with him.

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15 m Meaning, in vaine, & without profit.

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16 n In affliction, and grief of minde.

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17 o Read {Chap. 3, 22}

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18 ! To liue joyfully, and with a contented minde is the gift of God.

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19 p He wil take no great thoght for the peines that he hathe endured in time past.