And elsewhere, he seems to be sensible of his sin, in heaping up vast treasures, which he calls _loving silver_; and adds, that such an one, which seems very applicable to his own case, _shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance, with increase; this is also vanity_, chap. v. 10. that is, this had been an instance of his former vanity: and he adds, _The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep_, ver. 12. If by this we understand that the increase of riches sometimes gives disturbance to, and stirs up the corruptions of those that possess them, and this be applied to himself, it is an acknowledgment of his sin. Or, if we understand by it that the abundance of a rich man will not give him rest at night, when his mind is made uneasy with a sense of the guilt of sin, and this be applied to his own case, when fallen by it; then it intimates that his repentance gave him not only uneasiness by day, but took away his rest by night; and it seems not improbable, that what gave him farther occasion to see the vanity of his past life, was the sense of mortality impressed on him; for he says, _It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart_, chap. vii. 3. that is, he will, or ought to improve the sense of his own frailty, which we may conclude he had done; and therefore adds, _Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better_, ver. 3. But if it be objected, that all these expressions are not applicable to himself, and many others of the like nature, which might have been referred to, which are expressive of his great repentance; though I cannot but think that the contrary to this seems very probable; yet there is something farther added, that he expressly applies to himself, which refers to his unlawful love of women: _I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares, and nets, and her hands as bands. Whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her: behold, this have I found, saith the preacher_, ver. 26, 27. If these things be not expressive of repentance, it is hard to say what are.