John Trapp on Job 15:12

Verſe 12. Why doth thine heart carry thee away?] Violently tranſport thee; ſcil. beyond all bounds of reaſon and modeſty. There is another charge,Quis te furor cordis exagitas? Pineda. and higher then the former, as if he had been emotae mentis, not well in his wits, but wild and wood as they call it; or at leaſt; that his paſſions were ſo far too hard for his reaſon, as they did Rectam de cardine tollere mentem,

We are in no ſmal danger of our naughty hearts: It was no ill prayer of one, Lord, keep me from that naughty man, my ſelf. Nor was it any ill counſel of another,Domine libera me à malo homine, meipſo. Ita cave tibi ut cave as teipſum; who ſaid, So take heed to thy ſelf, that thou beware of thy ſelf. Though there were no devil, yet our corrupt nature would act Satans part againſt it ſelf; it would have a ſupply of wickedneſſe (as a Serpent hath of poiſon) from it ſelf, it hath a ſpring to feed it. Keep thy heart therefore with all cuſtody, Prov. 4.24. it will get away elſe, and carry thee away with it.

And what do thine eyes wink at?] Nictant, celeriterſcilicit, & ſubtiliter. Poſſibly Job, through pain and anguiſh might be made to wink whiles he was ſpeaking to them, or they to him; and this they miſconſtrue as done in contempt. See Pſal 35.19. Or that he was plotting ſome miſchief, Prov. 10.10. and 16.30. or pretending to ſome extraordinary devotion, and therefore ſhutting his eyes that he might be the more reſerved to God. The Vulgar hath it, Why doth thine heart life thee up? and, as if thou wert thinking of ſome great things, why are thine eyes ſo ſet? It is for no goodneſſe ſure.