t Then his wearineſs diſpoſeth him to ſleep. « In which caſe his he:lthfulConſtitution and laborious courſe of life prevents thoſe cru- dities and indigeſtions which oft-times break the {leep of rich mens, x Heb. the fuineſs either 1. of his Diet, which commonly diſcom« poſeth their ſtomachs and hinders their reſt: Or 2, of Wealth;which 15 commonly attended with many perplexing cares which diſquiet men both by Day and Night. The Hetrew word is uſed in Scrip- rure both ways,and poſlibly it is thus generally expreſſed to include both ſignifications.
13There is a ſore evil which IT have ſeen under theſun,
namely,riches kept forthe owners thereof to their hurt yz.
7 Becauſe they frequently are the inſtruments & occaſions both of their preſent and eternal deſtru&ion, as they feed their Pride or Lu- xury,or other hurtful Luſts which waſte the Body,and ſhorten the Life, and damn the Soul ; and as they are great temptations to T'y« rants or Thieves, yea ſometimes to Relations or Servants,or others, to take away their lives that they may get their Riches1
14 But & thoſe riches periſh « by evil travel 3, and
he begetteth aſon, and zhere js nothing in his hand c.
z Or, For ; or, Or;.or, Moreover; For this Particle is ſo rendre> by divers others both here and ia other places of Scripture.s If they be keptzit is to the owners hurt, & if not, they are loſt to his gries. b By ſome wicked pratices either his own,or of other men ; or by ſome ſecret hand of God curſipg all his Enterprizes. c Either 11 In the Fathers power to leave to his Son, for whoſe ſake he underwenc 211 thoſe hard labours; which is a great aggravation of his grief and miſery. Or, 2. In the Sons poſſeſſion after his Fathers death.
he return to go das he camey and ſbal take nothing of
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s Becauſe he is free from thoſe cares and fears, wherewith the fulne | minds of rich men are oft diſtrated, and their ſleep diſturbed. \
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wo: ly of the Exrth,the common Mother of | and he was by all ſorts of men thought unworthy of any teſtimonies Fe bo 4re ky Pe han Job 1. 21, Eccleſ, 12. 7. And return of Hnour.either in his Life or after his Dearh, | Thus he deſcribes fo go, is pat for return and go;und going is here put for dying, as Job | 2 Man who lives miſerably,and dies igaominiouſly. ' k Which as it 16. 22. Pſal, 39. 13, eThis is another vaniry. If his Eftate benei- | never enjoyed the comforrs, ſo it never felr rhe calamiries of this ther loſt, nor kept to his hurt,but enjoyed by him with ſafety and life, which are far more? conſiderable ran its. comforts, at leaſt to comfort all his days,yet when he dies he muſt leave it behind him, Man thatdenyed himſc|f rhe comforts, and plunged himſelf into and cannot carry one handful of it with him into another World, the toils and vexations of this life, _
16 And this alſo f is a fore evil, zhat in all points as 4 For | he m cometh in » with vanity o, and depart-
he came, ſo ſhal he go: and * what profit hath he that | eth in darkneſs p, and hisname ſhall be covered with '@1:3' hath laboured for the wind þ? darkneſs g.
f Which I have laſt mentioned and ſhal now repeat, g For Ri 1 Or rather, Although, as this Particle is frequently rendred. For cles, which are empty andunſatisfying, uncertain and tranſitory, this Verſe ſeems to contain not ſo much a reaſon of wharlbe laſt ſaid fleeing away ſwiftly and ſtrongly, Prov. 23« 5. which no man can that an untimely Birch 1s better than he .as an anſwer to an exception ho'd or ſtay in itscourſe,all which are the properties of the Wind. which might be made againſt it. Although all that is here ſaid be Compare Prov. I1, 29. Hof. 12, 15 | true of the Abortive, yerir is better than he, m Either 1. the co-
Allhis davs þ alſo he eateth in darkneſs j,and he | v-rous Man. Or rather 2. the abortive;of whom alone, arid not of
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even when he Eats,when other men relax their Minds,and uſe free ]*omtime ar donethe by it, which alſo is i0-2 great meaſure the'cafs
dom and cheartulneſs, he doth it with anxiety and diſcontent, 25 | of the coyetous wretch- p Dieth obſcurely Vithoutany odfurvacied
grodgng oven a his own ncelſry expenſes, nd rormentng him | or req omen. 4 Sal frei and unerly orgorem whore ES a ; ; 2 |
k When hs falls ſick _ ins, en or feareth = Death, =—_ won pri pg ot tuck wicked men thall rot, and be remembred to
with rage, becauſe he js cut off before he hath accompliſhed his de- Moreover |
ſigns, and becauſe he muſt leave that Wealth ani World in which _ X * us _ not _ the ſun r,nor known {|
all his hopes and happineſs lies,and muſt go to give up a doleful ac- any thing s* This Bath more relt x chan the other. - |
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: Becauſe he is perf:&ly free from all thoſe incunibrances and vexa* Sr the days of his life which God giveth him * z: for it 5] £10ns to which the coverous Man is long expoſed.
10 his portion ». 6 Yea,though he live a thouſand years twice told u;