The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be] Chap. 3. 15. it is that which shall be] There is no new invention to bring happinesse. The kindes of things are the same, though the particulars differ. Shew any new thing if ye can. Some former age hath had the like, verse 10. onely ye think things new, because former things are forgotten, as yours will be to them that come after, verse 11.