 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - Theology - 1828 - 714 pages
...better than precious ointment ; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of...all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord : he that believeth in me, yea, though he were dead,... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 732 pages
...better than precious ointment ; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of...all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord : he that believeth in me, yea, though he were dead,... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 If It is better to go d thee, that thou shouldeat not eat ? 12 And the man...to be with me, she gave me of tbe tree, and I did e 3 Sorrow is better than laughter : for by that have it. 13 Consider the work of God : for who ;an make... | |
 | Saint Augustine (of Hippo) - History - 1998 - 1284 pages
...refer to feasts of carnal delight; and this is shown clearly enough when it says, 'It is better to go feasting."47 And, a little later, it says, 'The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but... | |
 | Bibles - 1999 - 68 pages
...better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 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. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, 7 the heart is made better. 'The heart of the wise is in the house... | |
 | Bibles - 1999 - 572 pages
...than precious ointment; Prov 22:1 and the day of death, than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart. *7:1-12:7. In the first part of the... | |
 | Judith Lomax - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 180 pages
...Ecclesiastes. — methought 1 felt that it was good for me to be there, and that "it is better to go to the house of mourning. than to go to the house of feasting." — Lord let thy spirit so dwell in my heart that every lurking in may be banish'd from it, let me... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Religion - 2000 - 110 pages
...therefore Solomon says of such laughter, "It is mad: and of mirth, What does it?" And "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. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better. The... | |
 | Ellen F. Davis - Religion - 2000 - 324 pages
...is better than precious ointment, and the day of death, than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of everyone, and the living will lay it to heart. 1 Sorrow is better than laughter,... | |
 | Tod Linafelt - History - 2000 - 308 pages
...accepted, and life must be lived in light of death. Thus, Qohelet's statement that 'It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for this is the end of everyone, and the living will lay it to heart' (Eccl. 7.2), reflects the centrality... | |
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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. 
