John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 7:29

Verſ. 29. That God hath made man upright] viz. In his own Image, i. e. knowledge in his underſtanding part, rightneſſe in his will, and holineſſe in his affections: his heart was a lump of love, &c. when he came firſt out of Gods Mint he ſhone moſt glorious, clad with the royal robe of righteouſneſſe, created with the imperial crown, Pſal. 8.5. But the Devil ſoon ſtript him of it, he cheated and couſened him of the Crown (as we uſe to doe children) with the apple, or whatſoever fruit it was that he tendred to Eve: Porrexit pomum & ſurripuit paradiſum. Bernard. Lib. 1. legis allegor. Hee alſo ſet his limbs in the place of Gods Image, ſo that now, Is qui factus eſt homo differt ab eo quem Deus fecit, as Philo ſaith, Man is now of another make than God made him. Totus homo eſt inverſus decalogus, whole evil is in man, and whole man in evil: Neither can hee caſt the blame upon God, but muſt fault himſelf, and fly to the ſecond Adam for repair.

But they have ſought out many inventions] New tricks and deviſes, like thoſe poetical fictions, and fabulous relations, whereof there is neither proof nor profit. The Vulgar Latine hath it, Et ipſe ſe infinitis miſcuit quaeſtionibus, And hee hath intangled himſelf with numberleſs queſtions, and fruitleſs ſpeculations. See 1 Tim. 1.4. and cap. 6.4. doting about queſtions, or queſtionſick. Bernard reads it thus, Ipſe autem ſe implicuit doloribus multis, but hee hath involved himſelf in many troubles, the fruit of his inventions, ſhifts and ſherking tricks. See Jer. 6.19.