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

All the labour a man taketh is for him •elfe, and yet his soul is never satisfied according to her desire

All the labour a man taketh is for him •elfe, and yet his soule is neuer satisfied acording to her desire

IN the Hebrew it is, all the labour of man is for his mouth,¹ by a a certain, phrase peculiar to that people. So Moses, useth this word mouth, for a quantity or measure. Genes. 47. speaking of Joseph. And he fed them, and all his fathers house, giving them all meat, where in the hebrew it is: he had a care for every mouth of them, that is, he provided all ⟨image 101⟩his fathers house of meat, as it had been little children, which have their meat given them and labour not. And in the 12. of Exod. You shall eat the Passover, according to the mouth of every one, that is, according to the number of them that can eat a Lamb. So speaketh Solomon here. Every mans labour is according to his mouth, that is according to the measure and task of him, that is, every man hath his certain labour. God granteth to every man his labour, according to his power, and according to his vocation, which we express in the Dutch tongue thus. Every one hath such part as is appointed for him. God hath measured to every man his portion. A child must labour after one sort, a man after an other. A magistrate in one kind, a private man in another. He will have thee like an infant, exercised in infants doings, and a Prince in high & weighty affairs. Hereof cometh this Proverb. Such person, such slop or breech.

IN the Hebrew it is, all the labour of man is for his mouth,¹