Matthew Poole and continuators on James 1:11

11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat , but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways .

Or, the scorching East-wind, which in those Countries was now to rise with the Sun, Io[illegible: 1 letter]. 4.8.

Either shall is here put for may, the Future Tense for the Potential Mood, and then the Apostle doth not so much declare what always certainly shall be, as what easily may be, and frequently is, the Prosperity of Rich Men not being always of so short continuance. Or, shall, may be taken properly, as we read it, and then this is a general Proposition, shewing the mutable Nature, and short continuance of Rich Men and their Riches, whose longest Life is but short, and Death when it comes strips them of their Enjoyments; and tho this Frailty be common to all, yet he speaks of the Rich especially, because they are so apt to bear themselves high upon their Wealth, and put Confidence in it, 1 Tim. 6.17.

Either in his Journyings and Travels for his Riches, or rather in his Counsels, Purposes, Actions, Psal. 146.4.