Job 27

Job 27:1

COntinued] after hee had stayed a while to see if his friends would reply.

Job 27:2

Hath taken away] hee seemeth to have taken away from mee the right which hee hath given mee through his grace, namely to be his child, Iohn 1. 12. and to not respect mine innocencie, see Iob 34. 5.

Job 27:3

The spirit] that is to say, so long as I shall enjoy that life which God hath given mee, which is maintained by breathing, Genesis 2:7 Isaiah 2:22.

Job 27:4

Wickednesse] which I should doe, if I should contrary to that which the spirit of God witnesseth to my conscience, through a fained humility, confesse that I have been wicked, seeIob 13. 7.

Job 27:7

Mine enemie] an ordinary kinde of speech to expresse how farre a man hateth any thing, by wishing it to his enemy.

Job 27:8

For what] I detest to have any communion with the wicked, for they cannot choose but die in finall despaire, and in their calamities they have no help nor comfort from God, which is not so with mee, Iob 6. 10. and 12. 4. and 13. 15.

Job 27:10

Alwayes] namely as well in adversity, as in prosperity.

Job 27:11

The hand] namely his actuall and efficacious providence, Acts 4:28 [which is] which hath no certaine law, nor invariable rule, but dependeth upon his meere pleasure, as his judgemen〈…〉 against the wicked in this world are.

Job 27:12

All yee] you know all this as well as I, but only you be obstinate in your opinions to contradict mee, and to insinuate your selves into Gods favour; you incline to this extreame, to say that God alwayes punisheth the wicked in this world: but I stand upon this moderation, that indeed hee doth doe it at some times, according as hee pleaseth, but not at all times, nor equally; wherefore I say and will maintaine, that by mans outward state one cannot, nor ought not to judge of the conscience, Eccl. 9. 1. 2.

Job 27:15

In death] a manner of speaking which signifieth, that the wicked dying are plunged int everlasting death, which only is the true death: [his widdows] they shall not be honoured with any funerall exequies, nor any mourning; but even as if they were infamous persons, become or slavee unto their enemies, they shal by them be debarred of these last offices, Psalms 78:64 Ier. 22. 18 Ezech. 24. 23.

Job 27:18

As a moth] which is easily bruised and broken to peeces, Iob 8. 14 Psa. 39. 11. and 58. 9 [a booth] see Isaiah 1:8 Lamentations 2:5.

Job 27:19

Shall lie down] in the streets in the open ayre, and none shall receive him.

Job 27:20

As waters] as a fullnesse of waters, or 〈◊〉 sudden deluge: [in the night] that is to say suddenly, as many of Gods judgements have happened in the night, for the greater terror,Exod. 12. 29. and 14. 24. 2 Kings 19:35 Isaiah 15:1 Daniel 5:30 Matthew 25:6.

Job 27:23

Shall clap] in token of joy, and also of wonder or admiration, as 1 Kings 9:8 Ier. 9. 17 Lamentations 2:15 Ezec. 25. 6.