John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 9:13

Verſ. 13. This wiſdome alſo have I ſeen] i. e. This fruit and effect of wiſdome have I obſerved, that through the iniquity of the times, it is ſlighted and left unrewarded, if joyned with a mean condition.

And it ſeemed great unto me] Though not unto the Many, who value not wiſdome if meanly habited) according to its worth, conſider not, that Saepe ſub attrita latitat ſapientia veſte, that within that leathern purſe may be a pearl of great price, and in thoſe earthen pots abundance of golden treaſure. I know thy poverty, but thou art rich, Revel. 2. The Cock on the dung-hil underſtands not this: That which ſeems great to a Solomon, Multis pro vili ſub pedibuſque jacet. Stultorum enim plena ſunt omnia.