John Trapp on Job 11:15
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Job11:15
Verſe 15. For then ſhalt thou lift up thy face without ſpot &c.] Repentance muſt be performed in faith, or elſe it will prove to be poenitentia Iſcariotica, a Judas-like repentance. Lord (ſaid that dying Saint) caſt me down as low as hell in repentance, and lift me up by faith into the higheſt heavens in confidence of thy ſalvation. Zophar, that he may move Job kindly and rightly to repent, promiſeth him thereupon malorum ademptionem, bonorum adeptionem, freedome from evil, and fruition of good. And firſt, thou ſhalt lift up thy face without ſpot, i. e. Thou ſhalt be full of comfort and of confidence, not caſting down thy countenance, as guilty Cain but looking up boldly and cheerfully, as St. Steven did, Acts 7.15. they ſaw his face as it had been the face of an Angel.
Ibat ovans animis & ſpe ſua damna levabat.
Yea, thou ſhalt be ſtedfaſt] Or durable and compact as a molten pillar; thine heart ſhall be eſtabliſhed with grace, thy mind with peace: thine outward eſtate with a laſting felicity.
And ſhall not fear] ſc. The loſſe of thoſe enjoyments. To be freed from the fear of evil, is better then to be freed from evil: and a great part of the Saints portion both on earth and in heaven, lies in their deliverance from fear, Luke 1.74. Pſalm 112.7. See Zepb. 3.13. Iſa. 17.2. Repent, and thou ſhalt fear no more a revolution of any thy troubles.
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