geneva Ecclesiastes:9:1-12 SEEK
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For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this ,
that the righteous ,
and the wise ,
and their works , [
are ]
in the hand of God :
no man knoweth either love or (
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Meaning ,
what things he ought to chose or refuse :
or man knows not by these outward things that is ,
by prosperity or adversity ,
whom God favours or hates ,
for he sends them as well to the wicked as to the godly .(:
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hatred [
by ]
all [
that is ]
before them .
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All things come alike to all :
and the same condition is to the iust and to the wicked ,
to the good and to the pure ,
and to the polluted ,
and to him that sacrificeth ,
and to him that sacrificeth not :
as is the good ,
so is the sinner ,
he that sweareth ,
as he that feareth an othe .
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This [
is ]
an evil among all [
things ]
that are done under the sun ,
that [
there is ]
one (
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In outward things ,
as riches and poverty ,
sickness and health ,
there is no difference between the godly and the wicked but the difference is that the godly are assured by faith of God '
s favour and assistance .(:
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event to all :
yea ,
also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil ,
and madness [
is ]
in their heart while they live ,
and after that [
they go ]
to the dead .
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope :
for a (
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He notes the Epicurean and carnal men ,
who made their body their god ,
and had no pleasure in this life ,
wishing rather to be an abased and vile person in this life ,
then a man of authority and so to die ,
which is meant by the dog and lion .(:
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living dog is better than a dead lion .
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For the liuing knowe that they shall dye ,
but the dead knowe nothing at all :
neither haue they any more a rewarde :
for their remembrance is forgotten .
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Also their loue ,
and their hatred ,
and their enuie is now perished ,
and they haue no more portion for euer ,
in all that is done vnder the sunne .
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Go thy way ,
eat thy bread with joy ,
and drink thy wine with a merry heart ;
for God now (
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They flatter themselves to be in God '
s favour ,
because they have all things in abundance .(:
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accepteth thy works .
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Let thy garments be always (
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Rejoice ,
be merry and spare for no cost ,
thus speak the wicked belly-gods .(:
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white ;
and let thy head lack no ointment .
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Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie ,
which God hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie :
for this is thy portion in the life ,
and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne .
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All that thine hand shall finde to doe ,
doe it with all thy power :
for there is neither worke nor inuention ,
nor knowledge ,
nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest .
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I returned ,
and saw under the sun ,
that the race [
is ]
not to the swift ,
nor the battle to the strong ,
neither yet bread to the wise ,
nor yet riches to men of understanding ,
nor yet favour to men of skill ;
but time and (
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Thus the worldlings say to prove that all things are lawful for them and attribute that to chance and fortune which is done by the providence of God .(:
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chance happeneth to them all .
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For man also knoweth not his (
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That is ,
he does not foresee what will come .(:
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time :
as the fishes that are taken in an evil net ,
and as the birds that are caught in the snare ;
so [
are ]
the sons of men snared in an evil time ,
when it falleth suddenly upon them .