Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 3:19
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Ecclesiastes3:19
19 For that which befalleth the sons of men, befalleth beasts , even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other , yea, they have all one breath , so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: : for all is vanity.
They are subject to the same Diseases, pains, and casualties
As certainly, and no less painfully.
One breath of life, which is in their Nostrils, one and the same living Soul, by which the Beasts perform the same vital and animal Operations. For he speaks not here of Man's rational and immortal Spirit, nor of the future Life.
In respect of the present life and sensible things, Nay the Beasts have quicker senses than men, and therefore enjoy more pleasure in those things, and that with less dangers and mischief than men do.
Marginal references: Ps. 49. 12. 20. Ch. 2. 16.; Heb. Spirit.
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