An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

The Righteous shall see, ¹and fear, and laugh: Mark, though he may rejoice,² yet he must have fear mixed with it, he shall see, and fear, and laugh. And note, that Scripture is spoken of a great Courtier, of Doeg, one that was a most desperate enemy to Gods people, one that watched all the ways he could to do mischief, and especially to do mischief to David, and he was the man that came and stirred up the King against David, this 52. Psalm, is made concerning this Doeg, and a Prophecy of his destruction, saith the Spirit of God, The Righteous shall see, and fear, and laugh: ³If a man can keep his heart spiritual, sanctifying Gods Name in the beholding such an object, those that are eminent wicked men brought to execution, he may Lawfully according to the mind of God, feast his eyes in the beholding of it, such a day is called the Feast of the Lord. And the Lord doth not use to feast himself, but he calls ⟨p. 176⟩his Saints to feast with him;⁴ in Prov. 11. 10. When it goeth well with the righteous, the City rejoiceth, and when the wicked perish there is shouting. And this is according to Gods mind it should be so. And therefore Christians above all men should be far from a proud insulting even over these men, but yet when God lays an▪ object before them wherein they may see the answer of so many prayers, and the fruit of the cries of so many thousands that were oppressed, yea, of so many thousand conscience▪ oppressed ones, that have cried against such a one, if at the stroke of God, they with hearts lift up to him shall give a shout that shall come up to the Heavens,⁵ this pleases God, and the holy Angels, and it is music fit for the day of the feast of the Lord; thus the Saints may do in the day of the feasts of the Lord.