...her 10 way to happiness is to correct a complaining temper. Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this ; час do not know that they were better ; there have been good and liad in all ages. We read ntuch...

...it. VII. 9 He not hasty in the spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. VII. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause why the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Be not thou discontentedly querulous at the present condition ; as,...

...do you slander the time ? Solomon was a wise man, and he says, Say not thou, What is ike cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this: this is but a needless rigour: this is but an envious calumny : the generation were not untoward, if...

...do you slander the time ? Solomon was a wise man, and he says, Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this: this is but a needless rigour: this is but an envious calumny: the generation were not untoward, if...

...again, as wise men are when they chance to be •incensed. Ver. 10. Say not thou, What it tie cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this,] It is wisdom also to correct in ourselves that complaining humqur, which is apt to be ever finding...

...of all good knows what is best for us, and acts accordingly. " Say not thou, what is the cavse that the former days were better than these, for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." " Consider the work of God, for who ran make that straight which he has made crooked?" 148 cc In the...

...far certainly they have forgotten the caution of Solomon ; " Say not thou, What is the cause that " the former days were better than these ? For " thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." A mistake we would willingly avoid. Such complaints, when indulged indiscriminately, are either the...

...spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 bay not thou, What is the cause that the LORD. PSAL. CII. 1 The firofihet in Ms 11 If Wisdom is good with an inheritance : and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For...

...mourning : but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou. dost not inquire wisely concerning this. 1 1 Wisdom is good with an inheritance ; 12 But the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth...

...in dwelling with a sort of melaneholy pleasure on joys that are past. "Say not," says Solomon, "that the former days were better than these, for thou dost not inquire wisely eoneerning this." We speak nut now of that lux* ury of grief, or those reeolleetions wnieh sooth the...