 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.  Hebrew Grammar - Page 17by Alexander Meyrowitz - 1877 - 88 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...can tell a man what fhalll)^ after him under the fun ? CHAP. VII. A GOOD name is better than precious ointment : and the day of death, than the day of one's birth. 2 fl It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than to go to the houfeof feafting ; for that is.... | |
 | William Huntington - Arminianism - 1802 - 522 pages
...the day of death is preferable before the day of one's birth : " A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth," Eccles. vii. 1. On tlie same accounts, I do not question, Paul did prefer to die rather than to continue... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...mortification, 7 patience, 1 1 wisdom. '13 The difficulty of getting aisdom. A Good name is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 2 ^f -ft is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting : for that in... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...^mortification, 7/iaticnce, llwudom. 23 The difficulty qf getting wisdom. A GOOD name is better than precious all the seers, saying, 2 f It in better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to (he house of feasting : for that is... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Man (Theology) - 1811 - 476 pages
...most joyous day he had ever on earth. " A good name," says the wise man, " is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth," Eccl. vii. 1. The notion of the immortality of the soul, and of future happiness, which obtained among some Pagan... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Man (Theology) - 1811 - 472 pages
...most joyous day he had ever on earth. " A good name," says the wise man, " is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth," Eccl. vii. 1. The notion of the immortality of the soul, and of future happiness, which obtained among some Pagan... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - Bible - 1811 - 434 pages
...namely, the bitterness of an insnaring woman, ver. 25 — 29. 1. A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Or, " A name is good before good ointment." A name, for a good name ; as a wife, for a good wife, Prov.... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Man (Theology) - 1812 - 508 pages
...most joyous day he ever had on earth. " A good name," says the wise man, " is better than precious ointment : and the day of death, than the day of one's birth," Eccl. vii. 1. The notion of the immortality of the soul, and of future happiness, which obtained among some Pagan... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? CHAP. VII. A Good name is 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 of feasting : for that is the... | |
 | Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 pages
...DISCOURSE XXVII. On the Good Name of the Dead. ECCLESIASTES, vii. 1. A good name is better than precious ointment ; and the day of death than the day of one's birth ,...,.. ...... ... DISCOURSE I. ON THE CHARACTERS OF RELIGION IN TUB PRESENT AGE. * ' MARK, L 1. "... | |
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