Adam Clarke Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:1 - 7:1

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Ecclesiastes 7:1 - 7:1


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A good name - Unsatisfactory as all sublunary things are, yet still there are some which are of great consequence, and among them a good name. The place is well paraphrased in the following verses:

“A spotless name,

By virtuous deeds acquired, is sweeter far

Than fragant balms, whose odors round diffused

Regale the invited guests. Well may such men

Rejoice at death’s approach, and bless the hours

That end their toilsome pilgrimage; assured

That till the race of life is finish’d none

Can be completely blest.”