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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:6

The crackling of thorns, which for a time make a great noise and blaze, but presently waste themselves, and go out without any considerable effect upon the meat in the pot. So; so vanishing and fruitless. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:7

Oppression; either, 1. Active. When a wise man falls into the practice of this sin of oppressing others, he is besotted by it, and by the vast riches which he by his great wit gets by it. Or rather, 2. Passive. When a wise man is oppressed by foolish and wicked men, it makes him fret and rage, and speak or act like a madman; for the wisest men are most sensible of indignities and injuries, whereas fools are stupid, and do not much lay them to heart. A gift, a bribe given to a wise man,... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:8

If this verse relates to that next foregoing, it is an argument to keep men’s minds from being disordered, either by oppression or bribery, because the end of those practices will show, that he who oppresseth another doth himself most hurt by it, and that he who taketh bribes is no gainer by them. But if this be independent upon the former, as divers other verses here are, it is a general and useful observation, that the good or evil of things is better known by their end than by their... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not angry with any man without due consideration, and just and necessary cause; for otherwise anger is sometimes lawful, and sometimes a duty. Resteth; hath its settled and quiet abode, is their constant companion, ever at hand upon all occasions, whereas wise men resist, and mortify, and banish it. In the bosom; in the heart, the proper seat of the passions. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:10

Say not thou, to wit, by way of impatient expostulation and complaint against God, either for permitting such disorders in the world, or for bringing thee into the world in such an evil time and state of things. Otherwise a man may say this by way of prudent and pious inquiry, that by searching out the cause he may, as far as it is in his power, apply remedies to make them better. Better; either, 1. Less sinful. Or rather, 2. More quiet and comfortable. For this, and not the former, is the... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:11

Good, i.e. very good; the positive being put for the superlative, as it is frequently in the Hebrew text. When wisdom and riches meet in one man, it is a happy conjunction; for wisdom without riches is commonly contemned, Ecclesiastes 9:16, and wants opportunities and instruments of discovering itself, and of doing that good in the world which it is both able and willing to do; and riches without wisdom are like a sword in a madman’s hand, an occasion of much sin and mischief, both to himself... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:12

Is a defence, Heb. is a shadow; which in Scripture use notes both protection and refreshment. And thus far wisdom and money agree. But herein knowledge or wisdom (which commonly signifies the same thing) excels riches, that whereas riches frequently expose men to death or destruction, true wisdom doth ofttimes preserve a man from temporal, and always from eternal ruin. read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:13

The work of God; not of creation, but of providence; his wise, and just, and powerful government of all events in the world, which is proposed as the last and best remedy against all murmurings and sinful disquietments of mind, under the sense of the great and many disorders which happen in the world, as is implied, Ecclesiastes 7:10, against which wisdom is prescribed as one remedy, Ecclesiastes 7:11,Ecclesiastes 7:12, and now here is another. Who can make that straight, which he hath made... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:14

Be joyful; enjoy God’s favours with cheerfulness and thankfulness. Consider, to wit, God’s work, which is easily understood out of the foregoing verse. Consider that it is God’s hand, and therefore submit to it; humble thyself under his hand, be sensible of it, and duly affected with it; consider also why God sends it, for what sins, and with what design. This is a proper season for serious consideration, whereas prosperity relaxeth the mind, and calls it forth to outward things. But this... read more

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:15

All things; all sorts of events, both such as have been already mentioned, and such as I am about to declare. In the days my vanity; since I have come into this vain and transitory life. In his righteousness; either, 1. Notwithstanding his righteousness; whom his righteousness doth not deliver in common calamities, Ezekiel 21:3,Ezekiel 21:4; Ezekiel 33:12. Or, 2. For his righteousness, which exposeth him to the envy, and hatred, and rage of persecutors or wicked men. In is sometimes used for... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:10

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:11

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:12

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:13

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:14

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ecclesiastes 7:15

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