Anf-03 v.iv.v.xiv Pg 32
Ps. cxxvi. 5.
Moreover, laughter is as much an accessory to the exulting and glad, as weeping is to the sorrowful and grieving. Therefore the Creator, in foretelling matters for laughter and tears, was the first who said that those who mourned should laugh. Accordingly, He who began (His course) with consolation for the poor, and the humble, and the hungry, and the weeping, was at once eager3964 3964 Gestivit.
to represent Himself as Him whom He had pointed out by the mouth of Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the poor.”3965 3965
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xv Pg 48
Ps. cxxvi. 5.
so does it run in the Gospel: They who sow in laughter, that is, in joy, shall reap in tears. These principles did the Creator lay down of old; and Christ has renewed them, by simply bringing them into prominent view,4028 4028 Distinguendo.
not by making any change in them. “Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.”4029 4029
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 126
VERSE (5) - Ge 50:23 Job 1:2; 42:12-16
