Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 27:8

8. For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained , when God taketh away his soul?

There is no reason why I should envy or desire the portion of wicked men, for though they oft-times prosper in the World, as I have said, and seem to be great gainers, yet death, which hasteneth to all men, and to me especially, will shew that they are far greater losers, and die in a most wretched and desperate condition; having no hope either of continuing in this life, which they chiefly desire, or of enjoying a better Life, which they never regarded. But I have a firm and well grounded hope, not of that temporal restitution which you promised me, but of a blessed immortality after death, and therefore am none of these hopeless Hypocrites, as you account me.

Or exp[illegible: 1+ letters]lleth. Or plucketh up: which notes violence, and that he died unwillingly; Compare Luk. 12. 20. when good men are said freely and chearfully to give themselves or their Souls unto God.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 16. 26.