IN this Chapter Solomon declareth the vanity. First, Of humane Satiety or Prosperity in outward things, verse 1, 2. Secondly, Of long life and store of children, verse 3. to 6. Thirdly, Of labour, verse 7, 8. &c. In these two verses Solomon setteth forth the vanity of such outward good things, wherewith men are most taken, to wit, Riches, Wealth, Honour; and these amplified, 1. By their abundance even unto Satiety, so that a man wanteth nothing of all that he desireth. 2. By the evil God inflicteth upon it; God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it. 3. By the Adjuncts of this estate four-fold; First, It is an evil. Secondly, It is common amongst men under the Sun, verse 1. Thirdly, It is a vanity: Fourthly, It is an evil disease, verse 2. Riches, Wealth, and Honour, are expressed by God himself in the same terms, 2 Chron. 1.11. Riches differ from wealth: riches expressing Revenues of the field, or Cattle which are Titheable; for it is a word in the Hebrew which differeth in a prick only from Tenths or Tithes. Wealth,] in the Original is such Treasure of Silver, Gold, Jewels, and Household-stuff which are not Tytheable. God giveth him not power to eat thereof] a Metaphor and a Synecdoche in eating, put for enjoying the sweetness of them: one kind of enjoying put for all. For honour cannot properly be eaten, ⟨p. 106⟩but the sweet of them may be enjoyed.
IN this Chapter Solomon declareth the vanity. First, Of humane Satiety or Prosperity in outward things, vere 1, 2. Secondly, Of long life and store of children, verse 3. to 6. Thirdly, Of labour, verse 7, 8. &c. In these two verses Solomon setteth forth the vanity of such outward good things, wherewith men are most taken, to wit, Riches, Wealth, Honour; and these amplified, 1. By their abundance even unto Satiety, so that a man wanteth nothing of all that he desireth. 2. By the evil God inflicteth upon it; God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it. 3. By the Adjuncts of this estate four-fold; First, It is an evil. Secondly, It is common amongst men under the Sun, verse 1. Thirdly, It is a vanity: Fourthly, It is an evil disease, verse 2. Riches, Wealth, and Honour, are expressed by God himselfe in the same termes, 2 Chron. 1.11. Riches differ from wealth: riches expressing Revenues of the field, or Cattel which are Titheable; for it is a word in the Hebrew which differeth in a prick only from Tenths or Tithes. Wealth,] in the Original is such Treasure of Silver, Gold, Jewels, and Housholdstuffe which are not Tytheable. God giveth him not power to eat thereof] a Metaphor and a Synecdoche in eating, put for enjoying the sweetnesse of them: one kinde of enjoying put for all. For honour cannot properly be eaten, ⟨p. 106⟩but the sweet of them may be enjoyed.
