...made in the following passages : — " Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope." " As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." Nitre or nitrate of potassa, is unfit for employment as a detergent in washing, neither will it form...

...righteous hath hope in his death. Prov. xiv, 32. APHORISM X. WORLDLY MIRTH. LEIGHTON AND COLERIDGE. As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs * One of the numerous proofs against those who with a strange inconsistency hold the Old Testament...

...he should not, in general, talk in a lively or humorous strain. "As he that taketh away a gar? ment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre ; so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." When the} 7 " show a desire to forget their malady, he should transport their minds as far as possible...

...the days of the afflicted are evil : but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast (xv. 15). As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart (xxv. 20). As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country (xxv....

...that utterance happens to be unsuited to the case of the person who reads, there is no help for it. " As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." Whether the reader be a conscience-smitten, penitent sinner, who is thirsting for peace and consolation,...

...upon common nitre, and of course this could not be meant by the wise man, who, in Prov. xxv. 20, says, As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar to nitre, no is A« that singeth songs to a heavy heart. Now as vinegar has no effect upon nitre, but...

...boy, and immoderate mirth is never to be desired. You remember the text you learned the other day, " As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,...nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart." And again, in the New Testament it is enjoined to " rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them...

...Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 20 ra, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison : 10 Which perished at En-dor : they bec i* he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. 21 "If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and...

...cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they hare no covering hi the cold. Prop, xxv, 20. A» 0 𧬀 슀 0 󃀀 붜 slngeth songs to an heavy heart. lllcah 11, 8. Even of late my people Is risen up as an enemy: ye pull...

...the naked to lodge without clothing, that they/tare no covering in the cold. Prov. xxv, 20. A» ho ; and Martha served: but Lazarus wan one or them that sat at thn table with him. The stngetii songs to an heavy heart. llicnli II, 8. Even of late my people Is risen up as an enemy: ye...