John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 6:12

Verſ. 12. For who knoweth what is good for man] Hee may think this and that to bee good, but is (moſtly) miſtaken and diſappointed. Ambroſe hath well obſerved, that other creatures are led by the inſtinct of Nature, to that which is good for them. The Lion when hee is ſick, cures himſelf by devouring an Ape, the Bear by devouring Ants, the wounded Dear, by feeding upon Dittany, &c. in ignoras, O homo, remedia tuo, but thou, O man, knoweſt not what is good for thee. Hee hath ſhewed thee, O man, what is good, ſaith the Prophet; and what doth the Lord require of thee but this (inſtead of raking riches together) to do juſtly, and to love mercy, and (inſtead of contending with him) to humble thy ſelf to walk with thy God? Micah 6.8.

For who can tell a man what ſhall bee after him] When the Worms ſhall bee ſcrambling for his body, the Devils (haply) for his ſoul, and his friends for his goods. A falſe Jeſuite publiſhed in print,Camd Eliſ. Dilexi virum qui cum corpore ſolveretur magit de Eccleſiarum ſtatu, &c. ſome years after Queen Elizabeths death, that ſhee died deſpairing, and that ſhee wiſhed ſhee might after her death, hang a while in the air, to ſee what ſtriving would bee for her Kingdome: I loved the man (ſaid Ambroſe of Theodoſius) for this, that when hee died, hee was more affected with care of the Churches good, than of his own.