John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 6:10

Verſ. 10. That which hath been, is named already] Or thus, That which is the name of it, hath been named already (viz. Eccleſ. 1.2, 3.) and it is known that it is Adam, or earthly man. The very notation of his name, argues him mortal and miſerable; whether hee bee wiſe or fooliſh, rich or poor, &c. that alters not the caſe: Homo ſum, ſaid one, humanum nihil a me alienum puto: I am a man, [non-Latin text not transcribed], &c. Iſoc. and therefore may not think ſtrange of miſery, whereunto I am born, as the ſparks fly upward, Job. 5.7. hee that forgets not that hee is a man, will not take it ill that evils befall him, ſaith another. When Francis King of France being held priſoner by Charles the fifth Emperour of Germany, ſaw the Emperours Motto, Plus Ultra, written on the wall of his chamber, Hee under-wrote theſe words,Job. Man. loc. com. p. 175. Hodie mihi, cras tibi. To day is my turn to ſuffer, tomorrow thine. The Emperour obſerved it, and wrote underneath that, Fatcer me eſſe hominem, I confeſs I am a man, and therefore ſubject to miſery. Metellus was by the Romans counted and called Felix, Happy, ſo was Sylla, Dictue potim eſt quam fuerit foelix Sylla. Solin. c. 7. But hee proved true that holy proverb, Better is the end of a thing, than the beginning, for hee died miſerably of the louſie diſeaſe, that daſhed all his former happineſs. The Delphian Oracle pronounced one Aglaus a poor contented Arcadian, the onely happy man alive. Solon preferred Tellus the Athenian, and Cleobis, and Bitus alſo, before rich Croeſus, telling him further, that hee might bee called rich and mighty,Valer. Max lib. 7. cap. 3. but not Bleſſed, till hee had made an happy end; and ſo confuting his fond conceit of an imaginary felicity. The Greeks, when they would call a man thrice-miſerable, they call him thrice a man. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Herodot. The Hebrews, whereas they name a Bee from the order of her working, a Graſs-hopper from devouring, an Ant from gnawing, an Adamant from ſtrokes-bearing, a Serpent from curious obſerving, a Horſe from neying, &c. they give man his name Adam, from the duſt whereof bee was made, and Enoſh ſorry-man, ſick of a deadly diſeaſe, and ſo no way fit to contend with God that is much mightier than Hee, to require a reaſon of his judgements, which are ſometimes ſecret, alwaies juſt. God hath ſhut up all perſons and things (as it were cloſe priſoners) under vanity, by an irreſiſtible decree. To ſtrive againſt this ſtream, and by heaping riches, honours, pleaſures, to ſeek to break priſon, and to withſtand Gods will, is loſt labour. Miſery need not go to finde ſuch out, they run to meet their bane: which yet will (as wee ſay of foul weather) come time enough, before it is ſent for.