John Trapp on Psalms 49:10

Verſ. 10. For he ſeeth that wiſe men dye, likewiſe the fool] This to be a truth, etiam muta clamant cadavera, the dead Corpſes of both do preach and proclaim, by a dumb kinde of eloquence. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Death maketh no difference: Pallida mors equo, &c. It is appointed for all men once to dye. It lieth as a mans Lot, as the word ſignifieth, Heb. 9.27. and all men can ſay, We are all mortal; but alas, we ſay it for moſt part, Magis uſ[illegible: 1 letter] quam ſenſu, more of cuſtom than feeling; for we live as if our lives were rivetted upon Eternity, and we ſhould never come to a reckoning.

Heu vivunt homines tanquam mors nulla ſequatur, Ant velut infernus fabula vana foret.

And the bruitiſh perſon periſh] His life and his hopes ending together. But it would be conſidered, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. that wiſe men dye as well as fools, good men dye as well as bad, yea good men oft before the bad, Iſa. 57.1. Jeroboams beſt Son dyed before the reſt, becauſe there was ſome good found in him.

And leave their wealth to others] Nec aliis ſolùm, ſed & alienis, to meer ſtrangers; this Solomon ſets forth as a great vanity. It was therefore a good ſpeech of a holy man once to a great Lord, who had ſhewed him his ſtately Houſe, and pleaſant Gardens; You had need make ſure of Heaven, or elſe when you dye, you will be a very great loſer.