John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 2:9
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Ecclesiastes2:9
Verſ. 9. Alſo my wiſdome remained with mee] Outward things are dead things, and cannot touch the ſoul, (a lively ſpirit) unleſs by way of taint: Solomon, if not at firſt, yet at length, was fearfully tainted by them, making good that of the Poet, Stultitiam patiuntur opes— Ardua res haec eſt, opibus non tradere mores,Martial. Et cum tot Croeſos viceris, eſſe Numam.
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