 | 1611 - 360 pages
...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...rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.... | |
 | 1808 - 500 pages
...continues, " 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/' And surely, there will be found mourning enough, whence all that caused joy and gladness hath been... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...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;...rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fouls. Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1806 - 454 pages
..." it is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting :"1 and again, " The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." 1 Er.cl. vii. 2. 4. So he asked the young men; What the house was called on the other side of the cross... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning...but the heart of fools is in the house' of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools : 6 For as... | |
 | Francis Quarles - Consolation - 1807 - 410 pages
...ye have nourished your hearts as in the day of slaughter. Eccles. vii. 4. The heart of the wise man is in the house of mourning : but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. His Soliloquy. WHAT hast thou now to say, O my soul, why this judgment, seconded with divine proofs,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 446 pages
...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. - - - 341 , SERMON XIV. On the Divine Government of the Passions of Men. PSALM Ixxvi. 10. Surely the... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 504 pages
...better than laughter : for by a sad look t!«e heart is made better. The heart of the wise therefore is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Rejoice then, О young man in thy youth, and let thine heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and... | |
 | James Fordyce - Sermons, English - 1809 - 332 pages
...Sor" row 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. As " the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh" ter of a fool. This also is vanity." You... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 nd thou shall cut it in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the... | |
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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. 
