Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said in mine heart,.... He communed with his heart, he thought and reasoned within himself, and came to this resolution in his own mind; that since he could not find happiness in natural wisdom and…

Solomon’s trial of God’s second gift, namely, riches, and the enjoyment which riches supply; this brought him to the sane result (compare Ecc 1:12). Comparing Solomon’s action with Luk 12:16-21, it…

Solomon here, in pursuit of the summum bonum - the felicity of man, adjourns out of his study, his library, his elaboratory, his council-chamber, where he had in vain sought for it, into the park and…

I will prove thee with mirth The self-communing of the man talking to his soul, like the rich man in Luk 12:18-19, in search of happiness, leads him to yet another experiment. He will lay aside…