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John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 2:22

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Ecclesiastes2:22

Verſ. 22. For what hath a man of all his labour] What makes hee of it (every thing reckoned) ſee chap. 1.3. what takes hee with him when hee dies, more than a poor winding ſheet? as that Great Emperour of Egypt cauſed to bee proclaimed at his funeral,Caron. Chron. that that ſhirt of his (there hanged up for the purpoſe) was all that hee now had of all his labour, and great atchivements. Saladine the mighty Monarch of the Eaſt is gone, and hath taken no more with him than what you ſee, ſaid the bare Prieſt that went before the bier.Carion. Chron. See the Note on 1 Tim. 6.7.

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