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

Thirdly, He laughs at the fears and sad fore-casts of his people, who not being able to look through second causes, and see the ends of things in their beginnings; presently judge all's lost, the Church must be ruined, and the Saints undone, because thus tried. Now God knowing the end of all actions, not only at their beginning, but from the beginning (yea, from eternity) he looking through the blackest clouds and darkest nights, upon the issues of all things, derides the simple conjectures of men about them. The very Heathens have given us such a notion of God in laughter. Secondly, or

Thirdly, He laughs at the fears and sad fore-casts of his people, who not being able to look thorow second causes, and see the ends of things in their beginnings; presently judge all's lost, the Church must be ruin'd, and the Saints undone, because thus tried. Now God knowing the end of all actions, not only at their beginning, but from the beginning (yea, from eternity) he looking thorow the blackest clouds and darkest nights, upon the issues of all things, derides the simple conjectures of men about them. The very Heathens have given us such a notion of God in laughter. Secondly, or

Fourthly, God laughs at the laughter, and derides the joys of wicked men, who see his innocent ones tried. For they say in their hearts, and it may be with their tongues, Happy we, who have scaped such a scouring, we would not have been in their coats for a world: better die then live to bring our selves into such troubles. Or thus, Now the day is ours, we have prevailed, These men are catched and entangled, we shall do well enough with them now. The Lord hearing such language at the trial of the innocent, laughs, to think how those wretches shall see themselves deceived, when they see these who were fallen rising again, or God by their fall raising others, and setting his King upon his holy hill of Zion.

Fourthly, God laughs at the laughter, and derides the joies of wicked men, who see his innocent ones tried. For they say in their hearts, and it may be with their tongues, Happy we, who have scaped such a scouring, we would not have been in their coats for a world: better die then live to bring our selves into such troubles. Or thus, Now the day is ours, we have prevailed, These men are catcht and entangled, we shall doe well enough with them now. The Lord hearing such language at the triall of the innocent, laughs, to thinke how those wretches shall see themselves deceived, when they see these who were fallen rising again, or God by their fall raising others, and setting his King upon his holy hill of Sion.