362 Chap. 5, An LCxpftton upon4tbe Book of JO B. Vcrf. 22. next words; Wherefore did Sarah laugh, fay;ng, (hall 1,.fa furety bear a Child, which am old? It ary thing to hard for the 1..,J-4? As if he had laid, furely Sarah thinks Life Lord hath out-protnis'd his own power to perform. Secondly, Sinful laughter arifes iron contempt, or flighting of counfcl,and carnal fecurity in rim:.+ o dargct(2Ci;ro.3o,to.) when Hezek:ab font mcffcngcrs toEpLtain, a l!cillanafetb to wain them to comeup to the houfc of the L ra,:o kap t -e paflcover, it is,faid, t hat they lateghed the meß. ng tri tole ra and mocked them; they laughed fighting and contemning -ris admunitier, think- ing themfelves fate and w11 enough, :hough they came not up to that folemnP..ffcover. Third.y, Sinful laughter arifes from pride and felf- confidence, (Hab. t. r® ) The Prophet defcribes the protki Cbaldear.j, in- vadingJudah thus, they ¡hall fetffe at the K'ngr, and Prises [hall be {corn unto them, and they [hall deride every flronA,-1.0.. Taty flr:ti 1 come upwith fuch an army,with fuch an arm of ft. lh,as ah fl th mull fall down and yield unto.. Laflly,Thcre is a finfui laughter,fpringing from fenfuali.y,and excefsof creature cotuentmcnrs.Such laughtet Ch rift tc terns Luke 6, 2 5, Wee to you that are full, woe to you that laczgb row : that is, woe to you that laugh becaufe of your creature-`ulnçfs. Laugher, which is good and commendable, hash Inch roots as thefe, FArfl, it fprings up from faith, filch was the laughter of .bra ham (Gen. 17. iy.) When he heard the promife, th.tt ±ì, f'r uid have a fon, the text faith, iribrabam fell upon h's face 4,4 laigbed : That thelaughter of 4brabam was from faith, is clear from the Apoflle, m. 4.,1 9. affirming that, He nor bet'g creak in faith cenjidered net his own body nett; dead, when be was abut r, . hun- dred yeares old, neither yet the deadnefr of Sarahs womb, L ,1,7a4ered not at the p.omife of God through unbeleif, &c. Abraham lau h cd out his faith,not(asSarah)his unbeleif. Therefore alto Chi(} faith (as was tcucht before) Abraham rejoyced to fee my day, : c r it, and was glad: Li the promife of his fon, he taw the r' >= -f.:fed feed, in whom all the Nations of theearth fhould b bl. fi This fight of the day of Chrifl, in that profEtime of the prom¡ 'rcw it near to the old mans heart (though it were far off) and r a '.de him glad. Secondly, Commendable laughter comesfromholy courage, and
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