4b. 1.5. e, Learned by ſtudyand experience. m Gudor comfortable | YEt hath he ſeen no good x: do not all y go to one vereis & ©O Mans ſelf, and Comely or Amiable 1n the Eyes of other men, as | place Z g : {> qud which p=nuriouſneſs is baſe and diſhonourable. » To wit,of worldly goods. u Wherein he ſezms to have a priviledge abovean untiitiely birth. i omely, £Or he harh another anda better portion in Heaven, Tibis liberty is x He hath enjoyed little or no comfort in it,and therefore long life 6 given to him by God, and this is the beſt advantage. as to this life, Þ is rather a curſe and miſchief,than a bleſſing or advantage to him. + Heb.the which he can make ofthem. : : y Whether Born out of and before their time,or in due time, whe= wiberof 19 * Every man alſo to whom God hath given riches | ther their lives be long or ſhort, = To the Grave, Andſo after a te day. and wealth, and hath given him power 0 to eat thereof wo _ ellare A no this or wo he here , woqgt ns as on !*and to take his portionp, and to rejoyce in his labour, eh oy week e tus condition 15 1nfirutely worſe than that of an un- _— 'c<.6.2 this 5s the gift of God. ; ; 7 * All the labour of manzs for his mouth #, and yet 'Prov.16c h o Heb. hath given him th: dom:nion ; who 1s the Lord and Maſter che + appetite is not filled þ 9 26. q | of his Eſtate, nor a Slave to it, Ofthis and the former Verſe ſee | © ut into his Mouth, that he m food;and —_ | the Notes on Eccleſ, 2 24: and 3. 12. 13« Þ To lis own uſe, to Bread is ofc put for all food,ſo food is ut for hep A. «ff: re Proviſ uſe whar God hath giver him. ons for this life, as Prov. 3o, 8; and elſewh wh y f thi ; he For he (hal not much remember q the days r of | ..: . + Area rodrgats Faw apgpdice dohrom . | brgbouch, , 22 | : p k Chi chief, for which a Man will ſel! his Houſe and Lands, yea the ve \þ ligive nor BIS life : becauſe God anſwereth him s in the joy of his Garments upon his back. 6 Although all that a Man can ger by his | | mc, et heart 5. laboursis but neceſſary food,which the meaneſt ſort of men cotm« | kremem= &q So as to diſquiet or vex himſelf therewith. » Either 1. the
monly enjoy, as is obſervedin the next Verſe, yer ſuch is the vani- hub &c+ eroules ; days being here pur for evil or ſad days, by an uſual Sy- | ty of this World and the folly of Mankind, that men are inſatiable
necdoche, as Job 18, 20. Þſal. 137, 7. Obad. v. 12, Mic: 7:4. Or| their deſires,and reſtleſs in their endeavours,xfcer more and more- 2.th2 time in general;which is irkſom and tedious ro men oppreſſed | and never oy: they haveenough. wich diſcontent or miſery,who uiualiy reckon every Hour or Mi- 8 For what hath the wiſe thore than the fool cdwhat nure that paſſerh,and have their Minds 8& Thoughts conſtantly fix- | hath the poor,that knoweth to walk before the livingd? ed upon the vanity and uncertainty of this life, upon the affliftions | , T9 wit, in theſe matters. Both are equally ſubje& to the ſame which they have already endured,and may further expe&; whereas calamities, and partakers ofthe ſame comforrs of this Life. d To to men of contenred,and chearful minds ths time is ſhortand ſweer, wit,b:fore the poor that doth not know this > Which wordsare ea- and paſſerh over them before they are aware of it. and they enjoy fily underſtood by comparing this clauſe with the fortmer. And ſuch their preſent comforts without perplexing themſelves about former | {-&5 are uſual both in Scripture and other Authors, as hath been or fu. ure events. 5 Anſwererh, either 1. his labours with ſucceſsas | ggrmerly noted,by a Figure which the Learned call Azantapodoton. Money is ſaid to anſwer al things, Eccleſ, 10: 19. becauſe it is equi- | g,q by this Phraſe, char knoweth, &c, he means ſuch a poor Man valznt to all,and able to purchaſe all things. Or, 2. his deſires. who is ingenious andinduſtrious;who is fit for ſervice and buſineſs. ; In giving him thar {olid joy and comfort of his labours which his -
"cd and deſired and knows how to carry himſelf towards rich men,ſo as to deſerve TROANT CAPECIIE BIG GILLES. afid gain their favour, and to procure a livlihood. ER1 | CHAP. Vi. 2 Better is the fight of the eyese + than the wandring f Heb. The vanity of Riches without uſe, 14, 2. Of Children ani Old age with- ® the deſire; : This g 85 alfo vanity, and vexation of gr of out competent wealth ; their obſcurity is worſe than not to have been,3=-6. Spirit h. SIS PETS Th the þ "7 All labour is for neceſſartes of Life, which one getteth as well as another, 87.0, The comfortable enjoyment of what a Man hath ; for ſeeing ' 7, 8 It is godd ft us to enjoy what we have. and nt to deſire what we | is oft put for enjoying, as Pſ/al: 34: 12:
Eccleſs 2: 1: and 3* 13, &c. f Reſtleſs and infariable deſires of what a man hath not, wherewith covetous rick men are perpetually haunted and tormented. g This - wandring of thedefire wherein moſt men indulge themſelves. þ Is andit is common among men : not the way to ſatisfaQtion, as rhey imagine. but to vexation-