...ourselves stark wild ? Surely to this case we may accommodate that of a truly great wit, King Solomon ; ' I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it ?' 2. All injurious, abusive, scurrilous jesting, which causelessly or needlessly tendeth to the disgrace,...

...ourselves stark wild ? Surely to this case we may accommodate that of a truly great wit, King Solomon ; ' I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it ?' '2. All injurious, abusive, scurrilous jesting, which causelessly or needlessly tendeth to the disgrace,...

...wild ? Surely to this case we may accommodate that of a truly great wit, king Eccies.ii.2. Solomon; / said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it ? 2. All injurious, abusive, scurrilous jesting, which causelessly or needlessly tendeth to the disgrace,...

...in much wisdom is much grief : and he that increaseth knowledge increascth sorrow. CHAP. II. ISAI1> lings. 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment,...and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righte vanitv. 2 1 said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to...

...folly." So in the second chapter, to the end of the tenth verse, he speaks of his own experience. " I said in mine heart, go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure ... I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine . . . I made me great works; I builded me houses;...

...its face from you, but nothing will deprive you of peace. EIGHTEENTH DAY. ON DECEITFUL PLEASURES. " I said of laughter, It is mad ; and of mirth, What doeth it 1" ECCL. ii. 2. PEOPLE of the world rejoice, as the sick man does in his delirium ; or as they do,...

...he Uiat increaseth knowledge increaselh sorrow. CHAP II The van: pleasure. ;i(» of pi 1SAID in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: arid behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What doeth it 1 3...

...therefore to hanker after the vanities and pleasures of the world ; he longs to be able to say to his heart, " Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure:" his mind becomes imbued and possessed with the very spirit of the gay, giddy, pleasureloving characters...

...privily for the innocent without cause : ray son, walk not thou in the way with them. /'MI i. 11. 15. I said in mine heart, go to now, I will prove thee...; therefore enjoy pleasure ; and behold this also it vanity. Eccles. ii. 1. And now go to, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard ; I will take...

...increaseth sorrow»." He then turned to pleasure, as the most probable source of happiness : " I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth : therefore enjoy pleasure." But being equally disappointed in that, he adds, " Behold, this also is vanityb." Then, in the words...