Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 7:15

15 All things r have I seen in the days of my vanity : there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness , and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness .

Since I have come into this vain and transitory Life.

Either 1. Notwithstanding his Righteousness. whom his Righteousness doth not deliver in common calamities, Ezek. 21. 3. 4. & 33. 12. Or 2. For his Righteousness, which exposeth him to the Envy, and Hatred, and Rage of Persecutors or wicked men. In is somtimes used for for; but it is not so taken in the next clause which answers to this, and therefore the former seems to be the truer interpretation.

Notwithstanding all his wickedness, whereby he provokes and deserves the justice both of God and Men, who yet, for many wise and just reasons, is permitted to live long unpunished and secure.

All sorts of events, both such as have been already mentioned, and such as I am about to declare.

Marginal references: Ch. 8. 14.