John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 12:6

Verſ. 6. Or ever the ſilver cord bee looſed] Or lengthened, i. e. before the marrow of the back (which is of a ſilver colour) bee conſumed. From this Cord many ſinews are derived: which when they are looſened, the back bendeth, motion is ſlow, and feeling faileth.

Or the golden bowl be broken] i. e. The heart ſay ſome, or the Pericardium: the Brain-pan, ſay others, or the Piamater compaſſing the brain like a ſwathing-cloath, or inner rind of a tree.

Or the pitcher bee broken at the fountain] That is, the veins at the Liver (which is the ſhop of ſangnification, or blood-making, as one calls it) but eſpecially Vena porta and Vena cava. Read the Anatomiſts.

Or the wheel bee broken at the ciſtern] i. e. The head, which draws the power of life from the heart, to the which the blood runs back in any great fright, as to the fountain of life.