Matthew Poole and continuators on Ecclesiastes 7:3
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Ecclesiastes7:3
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better .
Either for sin, or any outward troubles.
Which is [illegible: 1+ letters]eared in the heart, but manifested in the Countenance.
More weaned from the Lusts and Vanities of this World, by which most men are ensnared and destroyed, and more quickned to seek after, and embrace that true and everlasting Happiness which God offers to them in his Word.
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