 | 1611 - 360 דפים
...all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to... | |
 | John Norris - 1724 - 508 דפים
...And therefore he makes this the Meafure of Wifdom and Folly, by telling us in the next Verfe, That the heart of the wife is in the houfe of mourning, but the heart of fools in the houfe of mirth. This Practice of Mourning is every where inculcated in the Writings of the Prophets,... | |
 | William Tilly - 1739 - 74 דפים
...laughter ; for by the fadne/s of the countenance the heart u * made better. The heart of the ntife is in the houfe of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the boufe of mirth. And fee how God himfelf by his Holy Prophet exprefles the different Character and Event... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - 1740 - 386 דפים
...Sorrow. Again ; it is confefs'd by the fame Preacher in the feventh Chapter of the fame Book, That the Heart of the Wife is in the Houfe of Mourning, but the Heart of Fools is in the Houfe of Mirth. This Author himfelf had never attained tafuch a Portion of Wifdom if he had not applied himfelf to... | |
 | John Abernethy - 1748 - 414 דפים
...of all men, and the living lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than 'laughter, for by the fadne/s of the countenance the heart is made better. 'The...mourning, but the heart of fools is in the houfe of mirth. p. 230 SERMON XI. The Happinefs of the Righteous in all Circumftances illuftrated. Ifaiah iii. 10.... | |
 | Sophia Hume - 1752 - 166 דפים
...Mourning, than to the Houfe of Feafting ; and that Sorrow ts better than Laughter ; for by the Sadne/s of the Countenance, the Heart is made better : T'he...in the Houfe of Mourning ; but the Heart of Fools, in the Houfe Mirth : Thus, thou may rejoice, O young Man, in thy Youth, and let thy Heart chear thee... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1759 - 444 דפים
...convince them of the Truth of the wife Preacher's Obfervation ; *fhe Heart of the Wife is in the Houfe qf Mourning, but the Heart of Fools is in the Houfe of Mirth. There is a very great Difference between the Mifgivings and Mifapprehenfions of a religious religious... | |
 | Jonathan Mayhew - 1763 - 378 דפים
...this al" fo is vanity. I faid of laughter it is mad, and " of mirth, Xvhat doeth it?f And again: — "The " heart of fools is in the houfe of mirth. It is' " better to hear the rebuke of the wife man, " than for a man to hear the fong of fools. Fof " as the crackling of thorns under a pot, fo is... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock - 1764 - 460 דפים
...near apace ; and, when it comes, will convince them of the Truth of the wife Preacher's Obfervation; The Heart of the Wife is in the Houfe of Mourning, but the Heart of Fools is in the Houfe of Mirth. There is a very great Difference between the Mifgivings and Mifapprehenfions of a religious religious... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1785 - 496 דפים
...Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the fadnefs of the countenance the heart is made better. 'fhe. heart of the 'wife is in the houfe of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the boufe of mirth. SER M. TV /T ANY of the maxims contained. in IV J. this book of Ecclefiaftes will appear... | |
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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. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.... 
