Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 3:16

16 And moreover , I saw under the sun the place of judgment , that wickedness was there ; and the place of righteousness , that iniquity was there.

This is mentioned, either 1. as another vanity, to wit, the vanity of Honour and Power, which is so of[illegible: 1+ letters] an instrument of injustice and oppression. Or rather 2. as another argument of the vanity of worldly things, or an hindrance of that comfort which men expect in this life, because they are oppressed by their Rulers.

I perceive it by information from others, and by my own observation.

In the Thrones of Princes and Tribunals of Magistrates, where Judgment should be duely executed.

Judgment was perverted, the guilty acquitted, and the innocent condemned.

In which Righteousness should be found and should dwell, if it were banished from all other places.