John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 5:13

Verſ. 13. There is a ſore evil] Or, an evil diſeaſe, ſuch as breaks the ſleep,Mala infamitas. Pagn. Plin. Hinc pallor & genae pendulae, item furiales ſomni & inquies nocturna, cauſing paleneſs, leanneſs, reſtleſneſs by night. This diſeaſe is the Dropſie or Bulimy of covetouſneſs, as ſeldome cured as Hereſie, Phrenſie, Jealouſie, which three are held incurable maladies.

Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt] Worldlings ſit abrood upon their wealth, and hatch to their hurt; as the ſilly bird doth the eggs of the Cockatrice. Riches are called goods; but it hath been well obſerved, that hee that firſt called them ſo, was a better Husband than Divine. Such an Husband was hee in the Goſpel, who reckoned upon much goods laid up for many years. But how come theſe goods to prove evil to the owners, but by the evil uſage of them? riches in themſelves are of an indifferent nature; and it is through mens corruption, ut magna ſit cognatio & nominis & rei divitiis & vitiis, that riches are weapons of wickedneſs, Engines of evil.Jer. 17.11. Hee that getteth riches, and not by right, ſhall die a poor fool.

Dum peritura parat, per male parta perit.

Hee that keepeth his riches (having no quick ſilver, no current money) when God calls him to part with them for pious and charitable uſes, keepeth them to his own greateſt hurt. For the ruſt of his canker-eaten gold ſhall riſe up in judgement againſt him at that great day, James 5.3.

Sic plures nimia congeſta pecunia curaJuvenal. Sal. 10 Strangulat—

See the Note on Prov. 1.19.