John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 4:16

Verſ. 16. There is no end of all the people] i. e. They are infinitely diſcontented and reſtleſs in their deſires after a new and another Governour. [non-Latin text not transcribed], as Thucydides long ſince obſerved, the preſent government be it never ſo good, is always grievous. O that I were made Judge in the Land, 2 Sam. 15.4. ſaid Abſolom. O that thou wert, ſaid the people, who yet had ſoon enough of him. And ſo had they of their new King Saul, whom contra gentes, they would needleſly have, after the manner of all other nations, 1 Sam. 8.6, 7. How ſoon did the Baptiſt grow ſtale to the Jews (that had lately heard him gladly) and was no more ſet by than a reed ſhaken with the wind? John 5. Mat. 11. How ſuddenly did they change their note concerning Chriſt, from Hoſanna to Crucifige? The common people are like to children (ſaith an Interpreter) that reſt not contented with any School-maſter: & like to ſervants that love to change every year their maſters. People are deſirous to hear new Preachers, as Feaſters to hear new Songs, and new Inſtruments, Ezek. 33.32.