John Trapp on Isaiah 22:12-13

Ver. 12. And in that day did the Lord God of Hoſts call to weeping] Ponit arma quibus civitates ab hoſtibus defenduntur, nempe arma poenitentiae. Theſe are the beſt defenſive Weapons, which therefore God of his goodneſs calleth people to, or ere he puniſheth them. He calleth them, I ſay, by his Word, and by his Works, both ordinary and extraordinary, that his Juſtice may be magnified, and every foul mouth ſtopped.

To weeping and mourning] The walls of Sion cannot but ſtand firm, if well temper'd with the tears of true penitents.

And to baldneſs] Forbidden in other caſes, Lev. 19.27, 28. and 21.5. Deut. 14.1. but here, and Mic. 1.16. called for in the practice of holy Repentance, which hath nothing to do with deſpair: See Ezra. 9 3.

Per omne [non-Latin text not transcribed] genus graſſabantur. Scult. Ver. 13. And behold joy and gladneſs] Or, But behold; ſee the madneſs of theſe croſs-grain'd creatures, who to thwart the Almighty, in laetitiam & luxum proſiliunt, take a clean contrary courſe to what he had preſcribed, as if they had don't on purpoſe.

Eating and drinking] This was all they minded, or were good ſo, as we ſay, Gulonum non alia eſt cura quam cibum ingerere, digerere, egerere, ſaith Bernard. The belly-god is ſet all on his panch; as the Aſs-fiſh hath his heart in his belly: as the Spider is little elſe but belly: as the Gulon (a beaſt ſo called) eateth that which he preyeth upon; if it be a horſe, till all be devoured; ever filling his belly, and then emptying it, and then falling to it again till all be conſumed: ſuch a delight hath he in his appetite.

For to morrow we ſhall dye] So the Prophets tell us, but we are wiſer then to believe them: ſo the enemy threateneth us, but we are too well fortified to fear him: ſo it may fall out, for we are all mortal; let us therefore make much of our ſelves whiles we may.

Perſ. Sat. 5.Indulge genio, carpamus dulcia: noſtrum eſt Quod vivis: cinis & manes & fabula fies.

Saint Paul ſaith, that the Epicures of his time uſed the like Atheiſtical expreſſions, 1 Cor. 15.32. See there. It is the guiſe of graceleſs wretches to jeſt out Gods Judgements, and to jeer when they ſhould fear.