 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...tears, shall reap in joy : he that goeth forth and weepeth, &c. — Ps. cxxvi. 5, 6. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. — Eccles. vii. 2, 3. By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged : and this is all the fruit ,... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...tears, shall reap in joy : he that goeth forth and weepeth, &c. — Ps. cxxvi. 5, 6. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house...sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. — Eccles. vii. 2, 3. By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged : and this is all the fruit, to... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1824 - 654 pages
...minds, we must, in the first place, carefully practise the advice of the wise man, "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than " to go to the house...all " men, and the living will lay it to his heart," Eccles. ch. vii. 2. Never look upon a sick person breathing his last, or upon a dead corpse in its... | |
 | J Dennis Furley - 1824 - 188 pages
...wise Retir'd, in sadly pleasing solitude And silent contemplation, meditate * (2) 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 liV' ing will lay it to his heart, y (3) Sorrow is better than laugh. te'r ; for b"y the sadness of... | |
 | 1824 - 400 pages
...convinced me that the words of the preacher are true, " it is better to goto the house of mourning than to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart." Ilt-ME. David Hume observed, that all the devout persons he had ever met with were melancholy. On this... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 It is better to go 2 0 2 0 3 Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 436 pages
...of this chapter, that ' Wisdom is a defence' — ' It is better to go to the House of Mourning, than to the House of Feasting : for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.' There is not a better lesson. It points to the end of man. If any thing will' set him on thinking,... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 794 pages
...ii. 2. / said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth if? vii. 2 — 4. 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. Isai. xxii. 12, &c. in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping and to mourning and behold... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 472 pages
...' I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it ?' vii. 2 — 4. ' 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.' Isai. xxii. 12, &c. 'in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping and to mourning.. ..and... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 660 pages
...should make you think gluttony and luxury madness. " It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting : for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart*." David saith of the wicked," Let me not eat of their dainties ;" but, " let the righteous smite... | |
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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. 
