A brief exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…A briefe exposition with practicall observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…

Eccles. 8.10. And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the Holy, and they were forgotten in the City, where they had so done: this is also vanity.

This verse doth depend upon the former, by way of prevention of an Objection, thus, If one rule over another to his hurt, the hurt will as well redound to him that ruleth, as to them that are ruled; wicked Rulers often come to an untimely end, yea want burial (Eccles. 3, 6.) 1 Kings ⟨p. 181⟩14.11. & 16.4. & 21.23, 24. 2 Kings 9.33, 34. And infamy follows them after death, 1 Kings 15.30. Whereto Solomon answereth, & by his own experience confirmeth it, It is not always so, I have seen a time wherein one ruleth over another to his hurt (that is, to the hurt of him that ruled [to wit, of the subject] not so of the Ruler:) And in so (doing) that as in Ruling wickedly to the hurt of others, I have seen the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy: I have seen also the wicked forgotten in the City wherein they have so done, that is, had so wickedly ruled. This is also vanity. This increaseth vanity amongst men, and aggravateth the vanity of the condition of the sons of men.

THis verse doth depend upon the former, by way of prevention of an Objection, thus, If one rule over another to his hurt, the hurt will as wel redowne to him that ruleth, as to them that are ruled; wicked Rulers often come to an untimely end, yea want buriall (