Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 12:7

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it .

The Body called dust, both for its original which was from the dust, and to signifie its vile and corruptible Nature, Iob. 4. 19. & 30. 19. Psal. [illegible: 1+ letters]3. 14.

Whence it was first taken. He alludes to that passage Gen. 3. 19.

The Soul of man frequently so called, as Gen 2 7. Psal 31. 5. &c. because it is of a spiritual or immaterial Nature.

Into his presence, and before his Tribunal, that there it may be sentenced to its everlasting habitations, either to abide with God for ever, if it be approved by him, or otherwise to be eternally shut out from his presence and favour.

To wit, in a peculiar manner, by his creating Power; for in a general sense God giveth to every seed his own body, 1 Cor. 15. 38. Hence he is called the father of Spirits, Heb. 12. 9.

Marginal references: Gen. 3. 19.; Num. 16. 22. & 27. 16. Job 34. 1[illegible: 1+ letters]. Isa. 57. 16. Zech. 12. 1.