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This he speaks, either,
1. In the person of a sensual man. Things being so, as was related, Ecc_8:14, it is best to give a man’s self up to eating and drinking, and all manner of carnal delights. Or,
2. In his own name and person. Upon these considerations I concluded that it was most advisable for a man not to perplex and torment himself with the thoughts of the seeming inequality of Divine Providence, and of the great disorders which are in the world, or with cares and fears about future events, or with infinite and insatiable desires of worldly things; but quietly, and cheerfully, and thankfully to enjoy the comforts which God gives him. See Poole "Ecc_2:24 3:12,13.
That shall abide with him of his labour; this is the best advantage which he can make of this world’s goods as to the present life.