Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 6:25

25 Wo unto you that are full, for ye shall hunger. Wo unto you that laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

Our Saviour must be understood, either of those who are Sinfully full, or at least such as be Spiritually empty; those that are full, are opposed to those that hunger, if we take hunger for [illegible: 1 letter]n Hungring and Thirsting after Righteousness, as Matthew speaks, those that are full, are such as are filled with Wind, an high opinion of their own Righteousness. If we take Hunger for a want of the necessaries of this Life, then fullness signifyeth either a Sinfulness, with Drink, or Meat, or ill gotten Goods, or at least for such as are Spiritually empty of the Knowledge, or Grace of God; there will come a time when they shall want, as Rich Dives wanted a little Water to Cool his Tongue. So by those that laugh must be understood, either those that are Sinfully Merry, or at least those that have no true cause of Spiritual Joy. By Mourning and Weeping threatned to such, is either meant the Vengeance of God upon them in this Life, or in the World to come, where there shall be Weeping, and Wailing, and Gnashing of Teeth.

Marginal references: Isa▪ 65.13.