Job 10

Job 10:1

VPon my selfe]. as much as to say, at my perill, if there be any danger to be feared, I will undergoe it.

Job 10:2

Doe not condemne] doe not use thy absolute power for to destroy me, and since mine own conscience doth not condemne mee, shew mee the cause of this thy manner of proceeding, that I may either bee contented with it, or amend my selfe.

Job 10:3

Oppresse] that thou shouldest use thy Soveraigne power in destroying thy creature, without observing the course and order of justice, and without the accused persons confession or conviction: [shine] to favour and direct their enterprises.

Job 10:4

Hast thou] thou art not subject to error, nor ignorance, as your worldly judges who are oftentimes forced to make severe inquisitions, and proceed roughly with guiltlesse persons, which notwithstanding is justified by the necessity of justice.

Job 10:5

Are thy dayes] ar not thou eternall, and doest not thou know in the indivisible moment of thine eternity, all what hath been, is, and shall bee; wherefore thou needest not to proceed by way of enquirie, see Iob 7. 18.

Job 10:13

Hast thou hid] how can this agree, that thou shouldest, with the one and the selfe same free-will, create me, and destroy me? doe me so much good, and prepare so many evils for me?

Job 10:14

Thou wilt not acquit] words spoken according to the judgement of the flesh, which holdeth Gods visitations, to bee punishments and vengeances.

Job 10:15

Righteous] as Iob 9. 20.

Job 10:17

Witnesses] certaine proofes of thy wrath and indignation against me, Rth 1:21 Iob 16. 8 Malachi 3:5.

Job 10:21

And of darknesse] a figurative description of death.

Job 10:22

Without any order] without any vicissitudes, distinctions, or varieties set in order, of which things consist the greatest part of the beauty of this world; [the light is] namely, when the light is in the land of the living, by the return of the Sunne; The meaning is, that all is there abissed and sunk into eternall night.