 | Thomas Ken (bp. of Bath and Wells.) - 1725 - 192 pagine
...Laughter t It is mad * and of Mirth, What doth it ? And this he further exemplifies, by telling us, It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to go to the houfe of feafting, Eccl. vii. a. INDEED, all Pleafdres., if they dye not like Children in... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1726 - 340 pagine
...rnanifeft far the grcateft Part of Men pafs their whole Life in. Upon this Account Solomon fays, that it is better to go to the Houfe of mourning, than to go to the Houfe of fe aft ing. i. e, It is more to a Man's Advantage to turn his Eyes towards Objeds... | |
 | John Abernethy - 1748 - 414 pagine
...remembrance, are ftudioufly avoided. Now Solomon advifes the very reverfe of this ; he . judges it better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to the houfe of feafting ; to accuftcm our hearts to the "attentive confideration of afflicting occurrences, particularly death,... | |
 | Sophia Hume - 1752 - 166 pagine
...awful, and the End of the Mirth is Heavinefs, Prov. ' xiv. 13. And we have this wife Man's Opinion, That it is better to go to the Houfe of 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... | |
 | Robert Persons - 1754 - 684 pagine
...life in care, watchfulnefs, fear, 7. an<^ trembling. In regard whereof alfo, the wife man IB. fays, // is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to the houfe of banquetting. And again, the heart of wife men where fadnefs is : and the heart of f cols where mirth... | |
 | Nehemiah Walter - 1755 - 550 pagine
...to the living ; calling them to improve the. A a day of grace which thev ftill enjoy- Eccl. vii. 2. It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to go totheboufe cf feafting : for that is the end of all men, and the livirig will lay it to bit heart.... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1760 - 226 pagine
...II. The Houfe of Feaftinoo AND The Houfe of Mourning Dcfcribed. SERMON ll. ECCLESIASTES VII. 2, 3; It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to the houfe of feajling. TH ATI deny — but let us hear the wife man's reafoning upon it — for that is the end... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1764 - 200 pagine
...in an afflicted State? And is that intolerable, that make* alrnoft all the World fo much better ? ' It is better to go to the Houfe of Mourning, than to go to the Houfe of Feafting ; for that is the End of all Men l and the Living will lay it to his Heart.... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1766 - 496 pagine
...about dy)n'g4nen : tiejj wijl have much o^port^unity to difcern, whether they themfelves are in "good earneft about the affairs of the world to come. ' It is better to go to the houfe off'mourning, ^han •' to'the houfe of feafting ;' for it tends to_' make the 'heart better' when... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1766 - 326 pagine
...F E' A s T i NG, AND THE Houfe of MOURNING, Defcribed. SERMON II. ECCLESIASTES VII. 2, 3. it hetter to go to the houfe of mourning, than to the houfe of fe aft ing.— THAT I deny—but let us hear the wife man's reafoning upon it—for that is the end... | |
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the houfe of mourning, than to go to the houfe " of feafting : for that is the end of all men, and " the living will lay it to his heart. 
