SAMUEL COX, D.D.,

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

1. ON THE AUTHORSHIP, FORM, DESIGN, AND CONTENTS OF THE BOOK.

2. ON THE HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY.

TRANSLATION.

THE PROLOGUE. IN WHICH THE PROBLEM OF THE BOOK IS INDIRECTLY STATED.

FIRST SECTION. THE QUEST OF THE CHIEF GOOD IN WISDOM AND IN PLEASURE.

SECOND SECTION. THE QUEST OF THE CHIEF GOOD IN DEVOTION TO THE AFFAIRS OF BUSINESS.

THIRD SECTION. THE QUEST IN WEALTH AND IN THE GOLDEN MEAN.

FOURTH SECTION. THE QUEST OF THE CHIEF GOOD ACHIEVED.

THE EPILOGUE. IN WHICH THE PROBLEM OF THE BOOK IS CONCLUSIVELY SOLVED.

EXPOSITION.

THE PROLOGUE. IN WHICH THE PROBLEM OF THE BOOK IS INDIRECTLY STATED. (2)

FIRST SECTION. THE QUEST OF THE CHIEF GOOD IN WISDOM AND IN PLEASURE. (2)

SECOND SECTION. THE QUEST OF THE CHIEF GOOD IN DEVOTION TO THE AFFAIRS OF BUSINESS. (2)

THIRD SECTION. THE QUEST OF THE CHIEF GOOD IN WEALTH, AND IN THE GOLDEN MEAN.

FOURTH SECTION. THE QUEST ACHIEVED. THE CHIEF GOOD IS TO BE

THE EPILOGUE. IN WHICH THE PROBLEM OF THE BOOK IS CONCLUSIVELY SOLVED. (2)

EDITED BY THE REV.

W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.,

Editor of "The Expositor."

THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES,
BY
SAMUEL COX, D.D.

WITH A NEW TRANSLATION.

BY