John Trapp on Proverbs 1:26

Verſ. 26. I will alſo laugh] Quod Deus loquitur cum riſu, tu legas cum fletu. If God laugh, thou haſt good cauſe to cry.Auguſtin. Note here the venemous nature of ſin, which is ſo offenſive to God, as it makes him (againſt his ordinary wont) merry at his Creatures miſery, who otherwiſe delights in mercy, Mich. 7.18.

When your fear cometh] That terrible tempeſt,Lactan. Inſtit. S[illegible: 1 letter]luſt. Job 15.21, 22. Pſal. 11.6, Tullus Hoſtilius (a prophane Prince) ſet up and worſhiped at Rome two new Gods, viz. Pavor and Pallor▪ as Lactantius teſtifieth. Cataline was wont to bee afraid at any ſudden noiſe, as being haunted with the furies of his own evil conſcience:Daniel. Thua[illegible: 1 letter]. So was our Richard the third after the murther of his two innocent Nephews, and Charles the ninth of France after the Pariſtan Maſſacre: Theſe Tyrants became more terrible to themſelves, than ever they had been to others.