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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verses 18-20
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Note; God will even laugh at the ruin of wicked men,
Note; God will even laugh at the ruine of wicked men,
He will clap his hands at their fall. We read (Prov. 1.26, 27.) how Wisdom called and cried, and none would answer, all set her calls and counsels at naught; what followed? I (said Wisdom, that is, Christ) will laugh at their calamity, and mock when their fear cometh; as much as is said in the Text, I will take them away with a stroke, or with clapping my hands, with a kind of deriding plaudit at their going off, or rather at their being thrust off the Stage of this world. They are in the most sad condition, whom God not only destroys, but derides; they have most cause to mourn in their affliction, at whose affliction God ⟨p. 302⟩laughs. It is said (Job 9.23.) God will laugh at the trial of the innocent, and why, was showed in opening that place; I only touch it now upon this occasion: The Lord knows the innocent will come off with honour, will stand it out in their trial bravely, he sees what Courage & Faith & Patience they will manifest in and under their sufferings. Now as the Lord even claps his hands, and laughs, when his chosen noble ones go forth to the trial, knowing they will honour him in their trial; so the Lord laughs at the destruction of the wicked, knowing that his Justice and Righteousness shall have a full stroke at them, and lay both their shame and sin open to all the world.
He will clap his hands at their fall. We read (Prov. 1.26, 27.) how Wisdome called and cried, and none would answer, all set her calls and counsels at naught; what followed? I (said Wisdome, that is, Christ) will laugh at their calamity, and mock when their fear cometh; as much as is said in the Text, I will take them away with a stroke, or with clapping my hands, with a kind of deriding plaudite at their going off, or rather at their being thrust off the Stage of this world. They are in the most sad condition, whom God not only destroys, but derides; they have most cause to mourn in their affliction, at whose affliction God