Ecclesiastes — Chapter 7

Better isa good name then precious ointments:anid the day of death, then the day of natiuitie. 3. It is betrerto goeto the houf eof mourning, then to the houfe of banketing,for in thatthe end of a] men is fignified, and hethat liueth thinketh what shal be, 4. (4) Anger is better then laughter:becaufe by fadnes of the coumtenance, the mind of the offender is corrected.s. The hart of wifemen where fadnes is,and the har: of fooles where mirth, 6.1t is hetterto be rebuked of a wifeman ,.then to be de- ceiued with the flaterie of fooles, 7, Becaufe asthe found ofthornes bur ning vnder a potte,fo the laughter of a foole: but this alfo is vanitic..8. Oppreffion troubleth the wife, an shal deftroy the ftrength of this hart. g. Better is the end of a fpeach,then the beginning.(b) Better is the patient man then the arrogant,10.Be not*quickly angric,becaufe anger reli teth in the bofom of a foole.11. Say not: What is the caufe thinkeft thou that the former times were berter then they are now? for this manner of auciiion is foolish, 12, Wifdom with( ¢ riches is more profitable, and doth-more profite them that fee the funne, 13, For as wifdom protecteth , fo money protecteth,But learning and wifdom haue this much more, thar they giue corre& whom he hath defpifed, 15. In the good day enioy good things, and beware betore ofthe euil day.For as this,fo that alfo hath God made, that man finde not againft himinft complaints.16, Thefe things alfo I faw inthe dayes of my vanitie : The iuit man perisheth in hisiuftice, and the impious liveth alég time in his malice,17. Be not iuft too much: not impioufly much:and be not foolish, left thou dye not in thy time, 19.

Anger rightly vfed, is commendable & beneficial to correct our owne faults and others.

But haftie, or immoderate anger is finful and hurtful.

Likewife moderate riches profite the feruants of God, fo that they fette not their mind vpon them.

Mans reafon which is the fuperiour part of his foule, rarely thinketh good.