An exposition of Solomons book called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seen and allowedAn exposition of Salomons booke called Ecclesiastes or the preacher. Seene and allowed

This is also an evil under the Sun, and much used among men: A man to whom God hath given riches and treasures, and honour, & wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, and yet God suffereth him not to eat thereof, but a strange man shall eat it up. This is a vain thing and a miserable.

This is also an euill vnder the Sun, and much vsed among men: A mā to whom God hath geeuen ryches and treasures, and honour, & wanteth nothing for his soule of all that he desireth, and yet God suffereth him not to eate thereof, but a straunge man shall eate it vp. This is a vayne thing and a miserable.

¹After this doctrine and exhortation intermeddled, he returneth to his roll of the divers devises of mans life, wherein vanity and misery reigneth. It seemeth like that he said before of the rich man. But here he speaketh of such a rich man as keepeth much riches about him, and a great family, living in rest without loss of his goods, and yet in the middest of his honour and riches, is grieved, and can not enjoy them, because either he falleth sick, or is vexed with hatred & care how to keep and increase his goods. So with that he hath he is molested, and perisheth. If he have a son, then cometh another care, ⟨p. 95⟩how he may leave him a rich man, when he is of age. For as the proverb saith: for a small child there is but a small care, for a great child, great care. They gather for their children, they desire to leave them rich, to bring them to great honour. These are the wishes and desires of all men, which yet are most vain. For what is it for a man in his life to have all things, and yet to use nothing, but always to gape after more, and that he hath not, not regarding that he hath?

¹AFter this doctrine and exhortation intermedled, he returneth to his rolle of the diuers deuises of mans lyfe, wherin vanitie and misery raigneth. It séemeth lyke that he sayd before of the rich man. But here he speaketh of such a rich mā as kéepeth much riches about hym, and a great family, liuing in rest without losse of his goods, and yet in the middest of his honor and riches, is greeued, and can not enioye them, because eyther he falleth sicke, or is vexed with hatred & care how to kéepe and encrease his goods. So with that he hath he is molested, and perisheth. If he haue a sonne, then cōmeth another care,