Abernathy - Houston-Packer Collection BX9178.A33 S4 1748 v.1

( 230 ) SERMON X. Of the proper Improvement of Occafions of Sorrow. Ecclefiafties vii. 2, 3, 4. It is better to go to the houfe of mourning, than ío go to the houle of feajling, fir that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the fàdnefs of the coun- tenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wife is in the houfè of mourn- ing, but the heart of Jiols is in the houle of mirth. SERM. X. --, H E main fubjed of this book is the vanity of all things under the fun. Though the frame of this world is very good, and fo the wife creator pronounced it when it came out of his form- ing hand, that is, it was fafhioned exatly according to his own model for the intended purpofes ;

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