John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 8:16

Verſ. 16. When I applied mine heart to know wiſdome] i. e. The wiſdome and other excellencies of God ſhining plainly and plentifully in ruling the affairs, and ordering the diſorders of the world to his own glory.

For alſo there is that neither day nor night ſeeth, &c.] i. e. Perdius & pernox, by day and by night, I buſied my ſelf in this ſearch, ſo that a little ſleep ſerved my turn all the while. Nullus mihi per otium exiit dies, partem etiam noctium ſtudiis vendico, ſaith Seneca, I ſtudied day and night, and followed it with all poſſible eagerneſſe. Thuanus tells of a Country-man of his, whom he called Franciſcus Vieta Fontenejus, a very learned man, that hee was ſo ſet upon his ſtudy, that for three daies together ſometimes hee would ſit cloſe at it, ſine cibo & ſomno, niſi quem cubito innixus, nec ſe loco movens, capiebat, without meat or ſleep, more than what for meer neceſſity of nature, hee took leaning upon his Elbow. Solomon ſeems by this text to have been as ſharp ſet for the finding out the way of Divine Adminiſtration, and the true reaſon of Divine diſpenſations. But hee got little, further than to ſee that it far exceeded all humane capacity and apprehenſion. Majores majora noverunt, & Deus det vobis plus ſapere quam dico, ſaith a Father, when hee ſaid what hee could to ſome one of Gods works of wonder, i. e. They who are more learned know: and God grant you may underſtand more than I ſay.