John Trapp on Job 14:17

Verſe 17. My tranſgreſſion is ſealed up in a bag] As the writings or informations of a proceſſe which is ready to be ſentenced, Deut. 32.34. Hoſ. 13.12. Thou haſt, as it were, ſealed up, and made ſure work with all my ſins, ſaith Job, to have them forth-coming for the increaſe of my puniſhment. Look how the Clark of Aſſizes (ſaith one) ſeals up the indictments of men, and at the Aſſizes brings his bag, and takes them out to read the ſame againſt them: ſo God dealt with Job, in his conceit at leaſt. The truth is, God had not ſealed his tranſgreſſions in a bag, but had caſt them behind his back: a bag God hath for mens ſins, and a bottle he hath for their tears, Pſalm 56.8. Now Job was one of thoſe penitents that helped to fill Gods bottle, and therefore he ſaw at length (though now he were benighted) all his ſins, bag, and all thrown into the ſea, and ſinking as a waighty milſtone in thoſe mighty waters of free-grace, and undeſerved mercy.

And thou ſoweſt up mine iniquity] Adſuèſne aliquid iniquitati meae? ſo the Tigurines tranſlate, i. e. Wilt thou ſew or adde any thing to mine iniquity? wilt thou tye to it that tag (as a Martyr phraſeth it) of the Lawes malediction, conjoyning the puniſhment to the ſin?Adſuere ad iniquitatem, eſt poenas poenis continenter adjungere. Merl. Some make this an explication of the former, q. d. the bag is not only ſealed, but for more ſurety, ſewed too, and that purpoſely for a purchaſe of puniſhment, as ſome ſenſe it.