John Trapp on Job 1:16

Verſe 16. Whiles he was yes ſpeaking] See here we may, that miſeries many times ſtay not for a mannerly ſucceſſion to each other;Aliud ex alio malum. Terent. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Aciſtoph. but in a rude importunity throng in at once: Fluctus fluctum tr[illegible: 4 letters], one deep calleth to another; and as one ſhower is unburthened, another is brewed, Eccleſ. 12.2. It muſt not ſeeme ſtrange, but be joyous to Saints when they fall (or be precipitated, plunged) into divers [illegible: 1 letter]emptations, Jam. 1.2. For croſſes ſeldome come ſingle.

There came alſo another, and ſaid] Before Job could recollect and recover himſelf, or take breath: this was a ſore trial: It is a mercy that, we have ſome lucida intervalla, that the rod of the wicked doth not alwaies reſt on the lot of the righteous; that there are any interſpiri[illegible: 1 letter], and Halcyons, ſith here they muſt have it, or no where, Rev. 21.4.

The fire of God] This was more terrible then the former; becauſe God ſeemed to ſight againſt Job with his own bare hand, by fire from heaven; as once he did againſt Sod[illegible: 2 letters], Be not [illegible: 1 span] unto we, O Lord, ſaith Jeremy, chap. 17.17. And then I care nor though all the world ſet againſt me. If Marriners, in a tempeſt have ſea room enough, their is no fear ſo if men in afflictions can ſee and ſay, [illegible: 1 span]; and on the contrary,Heb. 10. it is fearfull to fall into the hands of the living God.

And hath [illegible: 1 word] up [illegible: 1 word] ] wherewith Job was wont to offer ſacrifice. It was great joy to thoſe in Joel, that God after a ſore and long famine, would yet leave a bleſſing behind him; even a meat-offering and a drink offering &c. Joel 2.14.

And thy ſervants.] Thoſe ſouls of men, as they are called, Rev. 18.13. This was a worſe loſſe then that of his ſheep.

And I only, &c.] See the Note on Verſe 15.