John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 6:11
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Ecclesiastes6:11
Verſ. 11. Seeing there hee many things that encreaſe] Seeing it is in vain to wraſtle or wrangle with God, to ſeek to ward off his blow, to mo[illegible: 1 letter] up ones ſelf againſt his fire: Why ſhould vain man contend with his Maker? Why ſhould hee beat himſelf to froth, as the ſurges of the Sea do againſt the Rock? Why ſhould hee (like the untamed Heifer unaccuſtomed to the yoke) gall his neck by wrigling? make his croſſes heavier than God makes them, by croſſeneſs and impatience? The very Heathen could tell him that, —Deus crudelius uritTibul. Eleg. 1. Quos videt invitos ſuccubuiſſe ſibi.
God will have the better of thoſe that contend with him: and his own Reaſon will tell him, that it is not fit that God ſhould caſt down the bucklers firſt: and that the deeper a man wades, the more hee ſhall bee wet.
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