All things come alike to all The good and evil things of this world equally happen to good and bad men; as is the good, so is the sinner As to all outward things. This is an evil, &c. A great trouble and temptation to a considerate and good man; yea, also the heart of the sons of men Of wicked men, such as the generality of mankind are; is full of evil Of wickedness; and madness is in their heart Upon this account they go on madly and desperately in evil courses, without any fear of an after reckoning; and after that they go to the dead And after all they appear to die in the same manner as the best men do. So hitherto there is no difference. For Solomon here forbears to take into consideration the future life: he intimates, however, that as the madness, so the happiness of the wicked, is ended by death: which is more fully expressed in the following words.
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Ecclesiastes 9:2-3
2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.