Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 4:13
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Ecclesiastes4:13
13 Better is a poor and a wise child , than an old and foolish king , who will no more be admonished .
More happy. Now he proceeds to another vanity, even that of Honour, and Power, and of the highest places.
Who is doubly contemptible, both for his Age, and for his Poverty.
Venerable both for his Age and Gravity, and for his Royal Dignity. So that the comparison is made with the greatest disadvantage that may be.
Who hath neither Wisdom to govern himself, nor to receive the counsels or admonitions of wiser men, but is foolish and willful and incorrigible.
Marginal references: Heb. who knoweth not to be admonished.
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