Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 1:9

9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done, is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

There is nothing in the World but a continued and tiresom repetition of the same things, the Nature and course of the beings and affairs of the World, and the tempers of mens minds, are generally the same that they ever were and shall ever be; and therefore because no Man ever yet received satisfaction from any worldly things, it is a vain and foolish thing for any Person hereafter to expect it.

To wit, in the nature of things, which might give us hopes of attaining that satisfaction which things have not hitherto afforded. For otherwise this doth not restrain the God of Nature, who hath frequently done and still can do, new and miraculous works, and who can and doth discover to particular Persons new inventions, when it pleaseth him.

Marginal references: Ch. 3. 15.; Heb. what is it that hath been? the [illegible: 1 word] that shall [illegible: 1 word]. So Gr.