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John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 5:7

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Ecclesiastes5:7

Verſ. 7. For in the multitude of dreams, and in many words] i. e. As in the multitude of dreams, ſo in many words, &c. There may bee ſome matter in ſome of either: but neither of either wants their vanities. Dreams are of divers ſorts. (See the Note on Gen. 20.3.) Epicurus judged them all vain. The Telmiſenſes, Tertul. de anima c. 46. nulla ſomnia evacuabant, ſaith Tertullian, made no dreams to bee vain. But that ſome dreams are Divine, ſome diabolical, and ſome natural, Peculiare ſolatium naturalis oraculi, as one ſpeaketh, good ſymptomes and indications of the natural conſtitution, no wiſe man ever doubted. That of the Philoſopher hath a truth in it,Ariſtot. Ethic. Juſtum ab injuſto non ſomno, ſed ſomnio diſcerni, that a good man may be diſtinguiſhed from a bad, though not by his ſleep, yet by his dreams in his ſleep.

But fear thou God] And ſo eſchew this evil of fond babbling (in Gods ſervice eſpecially) which is no leſſe a vanity than plain doting; and procures Divine diſpleaſure.Fulgent. Deum ſiquis parum metuit, valde contemnit. He that fears not Gods wrath, is ſure to feel it, Pſal. 90.11.

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