 | Charles Wilkinson - Greece - 1806 - 484 pages
...of the fire of thorns a very remarkable contrast, and give a liveliness to the saying of Solomon ; " As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool." And when they use this latter kind of fuel, it seems to be under their pots, which further illustrates... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...the mirth and laughter of a fool: after some short semblance of joy, it va•nisheth to nothing. VII. 6 As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools. VII. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. Extremity of... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1808 - 702 pages
...and that the opposite of this sentence should be equally true, Laugh not, if you are not wise ; " For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool." If mankind are to be divided into two classes, those that laugh, and those that are laughed... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 pages
...and that the opposite of this sentence should be equally true, Laugh not, if you are not wise ; " For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool." If mankind are to be divided into two classes, those that laugh, and those that are laughed... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 582 pages
...Lord; but God gives it another name. " The joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment," Job. xx. 5. " As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool," Eccl. vii. 6. 4. He goes and tries himself and his state under other ministers of the same cast, for... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Man (Theology) - 1811 - 476 pages
...Ecclcs. xi. 9. Assure thyself, thy breaking shall come suddenly, at an instant, Isa. xxx. 13. " For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool, 1 Eccles. vii. 6. The fair blaze, and great noise they make, is quickly gone ; so shall thy... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 572 pages
...description of those joys which are found in the House of Mirth, at the 6th verse of this chapter:—For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. The joy of the House of Feasting is like the crackling of thorns—a blaze! a momentary blaze! leaving... | |
 | George Burder - 1817 - 320 pages
...proverb—" Wilful waste, makes woeful want." See how the pleasures of sense perish in the using : for as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool;" a noisy blaze, succeeded by dismal darkness. Let this, as Solomon advises, " keep thee from the evil... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1817 - 510 pages
...the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools ; for as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool.' All the pleasure of fleshly things is but like pasbing vapour. Your loudest laughter is but... | |
 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 362 pages
...mirth. ó It is better to hear the j-ebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad ; and a gift destroyed! the heart, 8... | |
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as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. 
