Chap. I. All thinges (yf a m&abar; wyl c&obar;sidre them wel) are but vanite. Neuertheles am&obar;ge them all there is noth&ibar;ge weaker and more vnstedfast, then man him self.

Chap. II. In this chapter (and in the other also) he maketh oft tymes m&ebar;sion of the wordes and c&obar;uersaci&obar; of the vngodly: that by this meanes he maye the better cause men to despyse all creatures, in respecte of the only euerlastinge God.

Chap. III. Euery thinge hath a tyme.
There is no th&ibar;ge, but God hath put tedyousnesse and trauayle in it, to exercise men withall. What so euer a man enioyeth of his laboure, the same is a gift of God, geuen to the intent that men shulde feare him.

Chap. IIII. A c&obar;sideracion of diuerse thinges. There is nothinge so excellent and hye, but yf it do not the deuty and office where vnto it is ordened, it shalbe brought lowe.

Chap. V. Agaynst foolish and temerarious vowes. Let no man maruayle that so moch euell is done, for the wicked are many. Agaynst the riche and agaynst riches.

Chap. VI. Agaynst those riche m&ebar; that darre not enioye their riches: how mad and foolish they be.

Chap. VII. No man knoweth what is for to come. How worthy a th&ibar;ge it is to haue a good name. The profit of wy&esset;dome.

Chap. VIII. Of the obedi&ebar;ce which men owe vnto God and to their heades. The l&obar;ge sufferaunce of God is not to be despised. It is not possible for eny m&abar;, to c&obar;prehende the workes that be in the worlde.

Chap. IX. Like thinges happen vnto all men: therfore with myrth and thankfulnesse shulde men enioye the giftes of God. Wy&esset;dome passeth all thinges.

Chap. X. XI In these two chapters are many wyse and profitable sentences, wel worthy to be considered of euery man.

Chap. XII. In this chapter the preacher sheweth his whole meanynge, as though he wolde saye: As for all the thinges that be vnder the Sonne (wher of I haue spoken) I haue c&obar;sidered them, and proued them metely wel by experience. And this is the conclusion, that there is nothynge stedfast and durable but God himself, wh&obar; men ought to feare, and to haue his c&obar;maundementes before their eyes euen from their youth vp

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