A brief exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…A briefe exposition with practicall observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…

IN Verse 2. Solomon had preferred going to the house of mourning above going to the house of mirth, whereof he gave two Reasons before. The first, taken from the condition of the house of mourning it is the end of all men. The second, from the spiritual improvement which living men will make of it. The living will lay it to heart, v. 2. Now in this verse he giveth another reason of it. 3. From the preeminence of sorrow above laughter, Sorrow is better then laughter. And this he proveth, first, from the benefit of a sad countenance, by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better, v. 3. Secondly, from the preeminence of such men, whose hearts are in the house of mourning above those whose hearts are in the house of mirth. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, the heart of fools in the house of mirth, v. 4. Thirdly, from the preeminence of hearing the rebuke of the wise (which causeth sorrow) above hearing the song of fools, v. 5. the vanity whereof is amplified by a comparison, v. 6. [Greek or Hebrew] here translated sorrow, cometh of a root which signifieth properly to provoke, as Deut. 32, 19. Now because a man may be provoked either to anger, or to grief; therefore this word is sometimes translated anger, Eccles. 7.9. Sometimes grief or sorrow, as Eccles. 11.10. Psal 112.10. and here.

IN Verse 2. Solomon had preferred going to the house of mourning above going to the house of mirth, whereof he gave two Reasons before. The first, taken from the condition of the house of mourning it is the end of all men. The second, from the spirituall improvement which living men will make of it. The living will lay it to heart, v. 2. Now in this verse he giveth another reason of it. 3. From the preheminence of sorrow above laughter, Sorrow is better then laughter. And this he proveth, first, from the benefit of a sad countenance, by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better, v. 3. Secondly, from the preheminence of such men, whose hearts are in the house of mourning above those whose hearts are in the house of mirth. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, the heart of fools in the house of mirth, v. 4. Thirdly, from the preheminence of hearing the rebuke of the wise (which causeth sorrow) above hearing the song of fools, v. 5. the vanity whereof is amplified by a comparison, v. 6. here translated sorrow, commeth of a root which signifieth properly to provoke, as