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SERMON

VH.

The

folly

of

men

rebuked n'ho

are

all

for

mirth.

M

T

H.

5.

4.

Eleffed

are

they

that

moisrrne

for

they

(hall

be

Com-

forted.

2.

(

ER

E

is

rebuked the

vanity and

the

folly

of the fpirits

of

mof}

men and

women a-

mong

us

who are

altogether for mirth

and

jollity; they

are

as

it

were

a

fifh

out

of

the

water

if

they

are

not

in

worldly joy and

mirth,

who

place

their

happinefie in

this

How

Contrary

is

thy

judgement

unto

Je-

fus

Chrift, Chrift

faith

here,

Blefed

are

thofe

that

mourne

;

Why

fo

?

for

they

fhall

be

comforted,

thou

fayeff,

Bleffed

are

thofe that

are

merry, that

have aboundance

of

the creature, but

the

Spirit

of

God

faith, in

the

7.

of

Eccles: 2.

It's

better

to go

to

the

houfe

of

mourning then

to

the

hoofe

of laughter

;

Now

which

of

thefe two

(hall

b;.

beleeved,

(hail

thy

bafe carnali

heart be

beleeved

who

placefl

all

thy happinefle in

joviallity,

or

the

wifdome

of Cod

who

faith,It

is

better

to

go

to

the knife ofmour-

ning

then

to

the

houfe

of

laughter,If

man had faid

this,you would

have

thought him

a

foole for his

pains

;

which

of

you

would

have

made

fuch

a

choife

had

it

been

put to

you

?

whether

you

P

would