Ecclesiastes 5

^{1 b} He heareth thee not for thy manie wordes sake, or often repetitiouns, but considereth thy faith, and seruent minde.

^{1 !} Not to speake lightely, chiefly in Gods matters.

^{1 a} Ether in vowing or in praying: meaning that we shulde vse all reuerence to God warde.

^{3 c} He speaketh of vowes, which are approued by Gods worde, and serue to his glorie.

^{5 d} Cause not thy self to sinne by vowing rashely: as thei do which make a vowe to liue vnmaried, and suche like.

^{5 e} That is, before Gods messenger when he shal examine thy doing: as thogh thy ignorance shulde be a just excuse.

^{7 f} Meaning, that God wil redresse these things, & therfore we must depend vpon him.

^{8 g} The reuenues of the earth are to be preserred aboue all things, which apperteine to this life.

^{8 h} Kings and princes can not mainteineth their estate without tillage, which thing commendeth the excellencie of tillage.

^{9 !} The couetous can neuer haue ynough.

^{11 !} The laborers slepe is swete.

^{11 i} That is, his great abundance of riches, or the surfeting, which cometh by his great feding

^{12 k} When couetous men heape vp riches, which turne to their destruction.

^{13 l} He doeth not enjoye his fathers riches.

^{14 !} Man when he dyeth, taketh nothing with him.

^{15 m} Meaning, in vaine, & without profit.

^{16 n} In affliction, and grief of minde.

^{17 o} Read {Chap. 3, 22}

^{18 !} To liue joyfully, and with a contented minde is the gift of God.

^{19 p} He wil take no great thoght for the peines that he hathe endured in time past.