Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 3:15

15 That which hath been, is now; and that which is to be, hath already been , and God requireth that which is past .

Things past, present, and to come, are all of the same nature, and all ordered in the same manner by one constant counsel, and settled course in all Parts and Ages of the World. There is a continual return of the same m[illegible: 1+ letters]tions and influences o[illegible: 1+ letters] the Heavenly Bodies, of the same seasons of the Year; and a constant succession of [illegible: 1+ letters]ew Generations of Men [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word], [illegible: 1 word] all of the same quality. The same thing in substance was said before. Ch. 1. 9.

i. e. Reneweth, as this word is used, Iob 3. 4.

Th[illegible: 1+ letters]t time and those things which are irrecoverably gone in themselves, but are as it were recalled, because others of the same kind arise and come in their stead. Heb. that which is driven away, with a mighty force, as time present is violently thrust away by that which comes after it.

Marginal references: Heb. that which is drivers away.