John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 9:7

Verſ. 7. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy] Vade, juste, Go thy way thou righteous man, live in cheerfulneſs of mind, proceeding from the teſtimony of a good conſcience: ſo Lyra ſenſeth the words. Gods grace and favour turned brown bread and water into manchet and wine to the Martyrs in priſon. Rejoyce not thou, O Iſrael, for joy, as other people, for thou haſt gone a whoring from thy God, Hoſ. 9.1. Thou eateſt thy bane, thou drinkeſt thy poiſon, becauſe to the impure all things are impure, and without faith it is impoſſible to pleaſe God.Prov. 29.6 In the tranſgreſſion of an evil man there is a ſnare (or a cord to ſtrangle his joy with) but the righteous doth ſing and rejoyce. Hee may do ſo, hee muſt do ſo; what ſhould hinder him? hee hath made his peace with God, and is rectus in curia, let him bee merry at his meals, lightſome and ſpruiſe in his cloaths, cheerful with his wife and children, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Jam. 5.13 &c. Is any man merry at heart? ſaith St. James, is hee right ſet, and hath hee a right frame of ſoul? is all well within? let him ſing Pſalms; yea as a traveller rides on merrily, and wears out the rediouſneſſe of the way, by ſinging ſweet ſongs unto himſelf: ſo ſhould the Saints, Thy ſtatutes have been my ſongs in the houſe of my pilgrimage, Pſal. 119.54.