Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 12:13

13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter , Fear God , and keep his commandments : for this is the whole duty of man.

The summ and substance of all that hath been said or written by wise men, so far as it is necessary for us to know.

Which is Synecdochically put here, as it is very frequently in Scripture, for all the inward Worship of God, Reverence, and Love, and Trust, and a Devotedness of Heart to serve and please God, and a Lothness to offend him, and an Aptness to tremble at his Word and Judgments.

This is fitly added as a necessary effect and certain Evidence of the Fear of God. Make Conscience of practising whatsoever God requires, how costly, or troublesom, or dangerous, soever it be

In the Hebrew it is only, the whole: it is his whole work and business, his whole Perfection and Happiness, it is the summ of what he need either know, or do, or enjoy.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word] e[illegible: 1+ letters]d of t[illegible: 1+ letters]e matter▪ [illegible: 1 word] all that hath been [illegible: 1 word].; Deut. 6. 2▪ & 10. 12.