Look, joy and gladness, the slaughtering of an ox. Isa. 22:13.

Joy and gladness will escort them; sorrow and groaning will flee away. Isa. 35:10; 51:11.

Cut off from the house of our God are gladness and joy. Joel 1:16.

The sound of joy and the sound of gladness shall be banished. Jer. 7:34; 25: 10.

The fast of the tenth [month] will become joy and gladness for the house of Judah. Zech. 8:19.

Be glad in Jerusalem, rejoice in her. Isa. 66:10.

Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom. Lam. 4:21.

The heavens will be glad, and the earth will rejoice. Ps. 96:11.*

You** will make me hear joy and gladness. Ps. 51:8.

Joy and gladness will be found in Zion, confession and the sound of song. Isa. 51:3.

There will be gladness, and many will rejoice over his birth. Luke 1:14.

I shall cause to cease the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. Jer. 7:34; 16:9; 25:10.

There will still be heard in this place the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. Jer. 33:10, 11.

There are other passages too.

The reason why both joy and gladness are mentioned is that joy is used referring to good and gladness referring to truth, in other words joy is used of love and gladness of wisdom. For joy is an emotion of the heart, gladness of the spirit, in other words, joy is of the will and gladness of the understanding. It is plain that there is a marriage of the Lord and the church also in these, because it is said:

The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. Jer. 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:10, 11.

The Lord is the bridegroom and the church is the bride. For the Lord as bridegroom see Matt. 9:15; Mark 2:19, 20; Luke 5:34, 35; and for the church as bride, Rev. 21:2, 9; 22:17. This is why John the Baptist said of Jesus:

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. John 3:29.

* Reference corrected in the author's copy from 68.4. ** The Latin has 'they.'