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That is, he that whilst he lived shewed no mercy, but had opportunity and ability to shew it, shall have judgment without mercy; that is, shall be very severely handled by God in the great day, and the sentence that shall pass upon him will be insupportable: but mercy rejoiceth against judgment, or triumpheth over judgment; that is, mercy in some degree of exaltation; such a mercy as has covetousness, hard-heartedness, and penuriousness, with all its enemies, under its feet: such mercy qualifies, strengthens, and enables the person in whom it is found, to be confidently secure that he shall receive no prejudice or hurt, by that judgment God shall pass upon the world at the great day.
Learn, from hence, that merciful men, whose hearts and hands are much exercised in doing good, and shewing mercy, by means of the consciousness of these God-like dispositions in themsleves, are, or may be, full of a joyful and blessed security, that they shall stand in the great judgment of the world, and find favour and acceptance in the eyes of the judge; when all unmerciful, covetous, and hard-hearted persons, shall fall under the sentence, and be ground to powder by it; He shall have judgment without mercy, that sheweth no mercy; but mercy rejoiceth against judgment.