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Ecc_1:10 Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Ver. 10. Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new?] Hoc ego primus vidi, saith Zabarel. But how could he tell that? Many men have been so befooled. We look upon guns and printing as new inventions; the former found out by Birchtoldin the monk, A.D. 1380, the other by friar Faustus, A.D. 1446. But the Chinese are said to have had the use of both these long before. Should we then so eagerly hunt after novelties, those mere new nothings, till we lose ourselves in the chase? Nil admirari prope res est una Numici. Get spiritual eyes rather to behold the beauty of the new creature (all other things are but nine days’ wonderment), the bravery of the new Jerusalem. Yea, get this natural itch after novelties killed by the practice of mortification, and get into Christ, that thou mayest be a new creature. So shalt thou have a new name upon thee; {Isa_62:2} a new spirit within thee; {Eze_36:27} new alliance; {Eph_2:14} new attendants; {Psa_91:11} new wages, new work; {Isa_62:11} a new commandment; {1Jn_2:8} a new covenant; {Jer_31:33} a new way to heaven; {Heb_10:20} and a new mansion in heaven. {Joh_14:2 2Co_5:8}