John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 2:10

Verſ. 10. And what ſoever mine eyes deſired, &c.] I fed them with pleaſant pictures, ſhews, ſights, and other objects of delight, which yet have plus deceptionis quam delectationis, able to entice, and ready to kill the intangled:Lactant. How many are there that have died of the wound in the eye? David knowing the danger, prayeth, Pſal. 119.37. Turn away mine eyes from beholding of vanity. Job ſteps one degree further, from a prayer to a vow, chap. 31. yea from a vow to an imprecation, ver. 7. If our firſt parents fell by following the ſight of their eyes, and luſt of their hearts, what can Solomon or any of us promiſe our ſelves, qui animas etiam incarnavimus, who have made our very ſpirit a lump of fleſh, prone to entertain vice, yea to ſolicit it?

For my heart rejoyced in all my labour] This is not every worldlings happineſs. For ſome live not to injoy what they have raked together, as that rich fool in the Goſpel: others live indeed, but live beſide what they have gotten, as not daring to diminiſh ought; but defrauding their own genius, and denying themſelves neceſſaries. So did not Solomon, and yet hee found not the good hee ſought for neither, as hee tells us in the next words. Nor is it want of variety in theſe pleaſures, but inward weakneſs, an emptineſs, and inſufficiency in the creature. In heaven the objects of our delight and bleſſedneſs ſhall bee, though uniform, yet everlaſtingly pleaſing.