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John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 4:5

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Ecclesiastes4:5

Verſ. 5. The fool foldeth his hands together] A graphical and lively deſcription of a Sluggard, fitly called a fool, [non-Latin text not transcribed], a naughty perſon. Thou idle and evil ſervant, Matth. 25.26. God puts no difference betwixt Nequaquam and Nequam, a drone and a naughty-pack, ſeem he never ſo wiſe in his own eyes, Prov. 26.16. and have he never ſo much reaſon to alledge for himſelf (as in the verſe here next following) a fool he is, and ſo he will ſoon prove himſelf. For, he folds up his hands, and hides them in his own boſome, Prov. 26.15. A great many chares hee is likely to doe the while. See the Note on Prov. 19.24. And as (Neque mola, neque farina, nothing doe, nothing have) hee cateth hit own fleſh, he maketh many an hungry meal, he hath a Doggs life, as we ſay; Eaſe ſlayeth this fool, Prov. 1.32. poverty comes upon him as an armed man. Grief alſo ſlayes him, Prov. 21.25. envie conſumes his fleſh, and he is vexed at the plenty of painful perſons; and becauſe he cannot come at, or rather pull out their hearts, he feeds upon his own.

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